09 September 2014

WHITEFLOWER

© Farouk Asvat  

WHITEFLOWER  
                               shaded pink
                               brown freckled

One night
Among these dark festering alleys
                                                      so foreign to you

Our love wilted
When morning came
So frightfully fresh
                               so foreign to me

     and somewhat piqued
     you left

     i stayed
     with my radical rhetoric
     somewhat humbled

Phantom of the dark
By daylight we have to dream


© farouk asvat

[] composed: 1976 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:

Whiteflower was previously published in:

     The Time Of Our Lives (black thoughts publications, p48, 1982);
     Wietie 1 (Sable, Johannesburg, p8, 1980);
     Botsotso 12 (Botsotso, Johannesburg, p59, 2002);
     The Time Of Our Lives (piquant publications, p69, 2007);
     The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014);
     The Time Of Our Lives (amazon book, p69, 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)

¨ all my books are now available on amazon: in paperback & kindle
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