29 April 2014

ANIMALS IN THE WILD

ANIMALS IN THE WILD  
© Farouk Asvat  

Mandela didn't even give you a mangy dog.
He got the sturdy red elephant from Germany
And his comrades took the sleek lion of Africa,
While the old crocodile has gone to sleep
In the wilderness
Lying down with the tiger an' all,
And the wily de Klerk
Has kept the armoured hippos
And the mechanised elephants
And the fiery red falcons
Under the stewardship
Of his little poodles

And you and me, my sister,
We do what we always do:
Pick up the doggy doo


© farouk asvat

[] composed: 06.06.1992 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:

Animals In The Wild was previously published in:

     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p100, 2006);
     www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (29.04.2014);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback, p98, 2014).
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[§] Books by Farouk Asvat:

Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (poetry)
A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
This Masquerade (short stories)
Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
The Paanies Are Coming (short stories)*
In The House Of Love (novel)*
Weapons Of Words (comparative literature & literary criticism)

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