THE
IMPERIAL GHETTO
© Farouk Asvat
Muezzins
cry
Into the
humid grey maze of the city
Competing
for clients,
Where
shopkeepers blare Indian film hits
From
Madressa Arcade:
Standing on
the corner with me
A lonely
man watches the world go by;
A hunchbacked
midget ambles along
In a red
shirt and yellow tie
Smiling the
clever smile of the wise;
The naughty
streetcorner kids
Take an
eyeful of the nubile schoolgirl
Shyly
hurrying home in her short uniform;
An unkempt
fellow in dirty overalls
Says he loves
the Indians
- of
America -
An ironic
glee in his eyes;
A
dishevelled wench throws a casual kiss
Into the
late afternoon air
To nobody
in particular
Lazily
walking along with her albino pimp,
Hiding a
flick-knife under his lumberjacket
Heartily
responding to the foul obscenities of logic
Gushing
forth from the drunkard staggering by;
The smartly
dressed troubadour singing
Is this the life?
Is this the ghetto
We wish to preserve?
© farouk asvat
composed: 26.08.1982 [Grey St, Durban,
South Africa under apartheid]
[] Acknowledgements:
The Imperial
Ghetto was previously
published in:
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (piquant publications, p86, 2006);
www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
(11.03.2014);
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (kindle, 2014);
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (amazon paperback,
p84, 2014).
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[§] Books
by Farouk Asvat:
● Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
● The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
● This Masquerade (short
stories)
● 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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