THE GRAFFITI / TATTOO MIX
© Farouk Asvat
Come
in
Come
in
Come
in
To
the delights of life,
My
flen'.
[] GRAFFITI
● BORN TO SUFFER!
is tattooed on our broken walls
graffitied on our broken bodies
● BORN TO STRUGGLE!
is the neon sign of our lives
confronting itself philosophically
in scarred tattoos and broken
graffiti
on unwashed skins
and unplastered walls
● BORN TO FIGHT!
is
the only weed
that survives in our townships
flaming red leaves like open wounds
fiery brown stems like itchy rifles
shiny black badges like proud scars
miraculously growing
in our famished gardens
● FREE MANDELA!
> with every box
of kellog's rice krispies
● THIS NELSON IS NOT A
SEAGULL!
> He's a Jailbird
> > he's an albatross around pw's neck
● BIKO LIVES!
> shame they had to
bury him
● ONE AZANIA! ONE NATION!
> one hamburger
> > One Samoosa!
● BLACK POWER WASHES OUT STEYNS!
> hanging
● NATIONAL DETAINEE'S ↑
DAY!
● FREEze ALL DETAINEES!
● TROOPS OUT!!!
> okay okay,
don't shout
● DIAL AK-47 FOR A REVOLUTION!
● ring AMANDLA AWETHU!
for a good time!
> phone me @
4-2-4 or 3-2-3
> ERECTION!
● ONE MAN + ONE VOTE = ONE ELECTION!
● CONTRACEPTIVES SHOULD BE USED
ON EVERY CONCEIVABLE OCCASION!
● DON'T WOMANIZE!
> economize!
> CONDOMIZE
>> CONDO-mize, man!
● APARTAID'S 100%
FATAL!
● BOTHA HAS AIDS!
> Rajbansi
>> & Hendrickse
● I HAVE HALF A MIND
TO JOIN THE BROEDERBOND!
> that's all you need!
> one
ballot
● ONE SETTLER! ONE BULLET!
>> one blanket
>>> one
banquet
● GEORGIO ARMANI!
> AWETHU!
● a headline you missed out on:
DONALD DUCK FLIES TO LUSAKA
TO MEET ANC
• SA Reality Review (01.06.1986)
[] GRAFFITItti
● dagga en puss
destroyed my beautiful life
● SHOWING SOON!
amaDOOS
starring p w botha
COMING NEXT!
amaDOOS TOO
starring buthelezi,
matanzima & mangope
● PICK A PRICK:
Mandela ….. [x]
De Klerk ….. [x]
thank you! thank you!
yes! yes!
● Don't Worral
the lovely Heunis
will provide
[] TATTOO'd
ALL OVER
● YOU LOOKING AT ME?
> is tattooed on my forehead
● IN
> is tattooed on my right earlobe
● OUT
> is tattooed on my left earlobe
● CUT ON DOTTED LINE -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> is tattooed around my neck
● DOGS OF WAR
> is tattooed over my knuckles
● SLAVE CHAIN
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
> is tattooed around my ankles
● BORN TO SUFFER
> is tattooed across my chest
● LOVE EVERYONE
TRUST NO ONE
> is tattooed across my heart
© farouk asvat
* original
composed: 1985 - 1991 [Cape Town & Johannesburg, South Africa under
apartheid].
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new
apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
# The Graffiti / Tattoo Mix was previously published in:
* Die Graffititti / Tattoo Mix was previously published in:
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (piquant publications, p46-49, 2006); # *
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p38-41,
2006); *
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p34-39, 2014); *
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (kindle, 2014); #
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (amazon paperback, p44-48,
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 (comparative
literature & literary criticism)
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