FIETAS
© Farouk Asvat
"Fietas ma miethas"
I was vibrant
With
the variety of my lives
Until you came along
Drilling
holes into my skull
Smashing
windows
Crunching
ribs and sternum
Heaping
the convolutions
To
a desolate landscape.
Here, what's left
Quivers
to the cry of the muezzin
© farouk asvat
composed: 1978 [Johannesburg, South Africa
under apartheid]
[] Acknowledgements:
Fietas was previously published in:
The Time Of Our Lives (black
thoughts publications, p71, 1982);
The Indicator (Caxton, Johannesburg, p11, 11.06.1985);
Muslim News (Cape Town, p15, 23.08.1985);
The Time Of Our Lives (piquant
publications, p76, 2007).
The Time Of Our Lives
(kindle, 2014);
The Time Of Our Lives
(amazon paperback, p76, 2014).
"Fietas ma
miethas": means: "sweetness
in Fietas" -
that is how
the people said it
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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)
¨ all my books are now available on amazon: in paperback & kindle
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