JESUS!
© Farouk
Asvat
Jesus
drinks homebrew
By
the shebeen;
And
I, windblown,
With
a storm in my eyes,
Sit
here with a sigh
© farouk asvat
* original composed: 1978 [Johannesburg,
South Africa under apartheid]
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2014 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new
apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
Jesus! was previously published in:
The Time Of Our Lives (black
thoughts publications, p78, 1982); *
The Time Of Our Lives (piquant
publications, p50, 1982); #
Wasafiri 21 (London,
UK, p55, Spring 1995); *
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014); #
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback,
p50, 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)
¨ all my books are now available on amazon: in paperback & kindle
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[] please check out my blogs @:
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WIETIE WHAT-WHAT:
JESUS!
© Farouk Asvat
Jesus
drinks juba by the shebeen;
And I,
windblown,
With a
storm in my eyes,
Sit here
with a sigh
© farouk asvat
original composed: 1978 [Johannesburg,
South Africa under apartheid]
Bra Frooks is ...
[] nes 'n skollie
[] 'n egte skollie
[] 'n tsotsi
[] a real scamp
[] streetwise
[] the jokerman
Bra Frooks ...
[]
praat soos 'n skollie
[]
wietie soos 'n joster
[] wietie what-what
[] tunes like a
durbanite
[] speaks like an englishman
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