STONES
© Farouk
Asvat
Fawn pebbles
shimmer
beneath
rippling
streams
A grey
stone
gallops
upon
the muddy
Schoonspruit
These are fond memories of youth.
Now
Stones clank
Against armoured army trucks
Rocks dent
Soft-skinned police vans
Now these are the weapons
We exchange
For a bullet
Through the head
© farouk asvat
composed: 12.07.1986 [Alexandra Township, South
Africa under apartheid]
(after the declaration of
the 3rd state of emergency: 11.06.1986)
for
Lionel Abrahams in Alexandra Township
[] Acknowledgements:
Stones was previously published in:
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (piquant publications, p30, 2006);
www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
(22.10.2013);
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014);
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (amazon paperback, p28,
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)
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