THE
SOLITAIRE
© Farouk Asvat
Captive cabined caged
He tenses against the encroaching
walls
Built by the might of the state
His memory travels traversed
territory
His
tongue meditates
The
implosion of thought
A
contained atomic explosion
Rising
spreading excavating:
An
eloquent stillness
Of
blank whiteness
On
the pages of mankind
His wife and children
Also under house arrest
Watch
through the window of despair:
Spring
blossoms falling
In
the quiet street
Another
hedged-in family
For
yet another five years
In
a peaceful state
Secured
by soldiers in the street
© farouk asvat
composed:
11.10.1971 [johannesburg, south africa under apartheid].
[] acknowledgements:
The Solitaire
was previously
published in:
The
Time Of Our Lives (black thoughts publications, p12, 1982);
university students' bursary committee (university of the witwatersrand,
p11, 1981);
the return of the amasi bird, ed t couzens (ravan press,
p368, 1982);
ask any black man (ravan, johannesburg, p?, 1982);
The
Time Of Our Lives (piquant publications, p33, 2007);
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014);
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback, p33, 2014).
[§] 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 (comparative literature & literary criticism)
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