© Farouk Asvat
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It is hardly out of love
That we lie here in the aftersweat
It is not easy to go back
To where we come from;
Life sculpts us differently
The old light plays other shadows
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Behind the stern facade
Is the heart that quivers
To every tremble of your lips.
But there's a sting in your sweetness
Your smile
Leaves the bitter taste of wine sometimes
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There was no gala feeling:
I was released from prison
When you kissed my fist
And seabreezes entered the armoured
mind;
But now the hell outside
Keeps reminding me of life
© farouk asvat
composed: 1981 [pietermaritzburg, south
africa under apartheid]
[] acknowledgements:
Aftertones was previously published in:
The Time Of Our Lives (black thoughts publications,
p83, 1982);
The Voice 3(3) [as Aloneliness] (johannesburg, p11,
5-12.08.1979);
The Time Of Our Lives (piquant publications, p27, 2007);
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014);
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback, p27, 2014).
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● 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 (literary criticism)
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