08 July 2014

WE PRAY TO OUR RESTLESS ANCESTORS

WE PRAY TO OUR RESTLESS ANCESTORS  
© Farouk Asvat  

We pray that our restless ancestors
Who left in such a burst of youthful hurry
In such a mutilated state of defiance
Will not go away

We sprinkle muti on their reed mats
We sprinkle holy water on the adobe floors
To keep them here with us
In the house of death,
These restless ancestors
Who do not want to go away
And who do not want to stay.
Hai!

So we beg our young ancestors
Who have come to visit us
That they will not leave us
To our own deaths

So we bring the salty sea to them
So we smoke them out with burning dung
So that they may leave us
To our own deaths


© farouk asvat

[] composed: 24.01.1992 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:

We Pray To Our Restless Ancestors was previously published in:

     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p112, 2006);
     www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (08.07.2014);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback, p111, 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)
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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