02 July 2013

DEATH LIVES

DEATH LIVES 
© Farouk Asvat 

Geared for pleasure
down the highways
you diced with death
speeding
pass
the fleeting
hours
of
life
Abruptly
          your
               swerving
          steering
                    pleaded
A moment more.
Death riding
On the wrong side of life
Gulped miles of your unstarted journeys
Spewed a bloody contortion
For us to behold

© farouk asvat

composed: 14.01.1972 [johannesburg, south africa under apartheid].

[] acknowledgements:
Death Lives was previously published in:
The Time Of Our Lives (black thoughts publications, p14, 1982);
The Time Of Our Lives (piquant publications, p36, 2007);
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014);
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback, p36, 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 (literary criticism)

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