BOSS!
© Farouk Asvat
Boss! You got the car,
And you got the money,
Boss!
And I, I got the
fok'all.
S'trues God! my Boss,
We are not the
Mandelas,
We only want a few
cents
To buy the bread, my
King,
'Cause my stomach he
cries.
Ag please, Boss!
I wannabe jus' like
the Mandelas:
A blood red Mercedes
A pure white mansion
An' Power!
Georgio Armani!
Is ours!
©
farouk asvat
* original
composed: 12.06.1990
[Johannesburg, South Africa, under apartheid].
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa, under new apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
Boss!' # / Boza! *
was previously published in:
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (piquant publications, p44, 2007); #
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p32,
2007); *
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
Bra Frooks … (paperback, p29, 2014); *
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (kindle, 2014); #
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (paperback, p42,
2014) #.
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<> blog link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
<> direct poem
link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2014/10/boss.html
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april 2012
<> streetwise
link: https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com/2012/04/boss.html
<> blog archive: 28
october 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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[] WIETIE
WHAT-WHAT:
BOZA!
©
Farouk Asvat
Boza! Jy het die
kar
En jy het
die sjhêld, Boza!
En ek, ek
het die fok'all.
S'trues
god! Boza,
Ons is
nie die Mandelas
Ons soek
net 'n paar cents
Om die
brood te koop my Koning
Wan' my mag hy huil
Ag please, Boza!
Ek wil nes die
Mandelas:
'n bloed rooi Mercedes
'n spier wit mansion
En Amandla!
Georgio Armani!
Awethu!
©
farouk asvat
* original
composed: 12.06.1990
[Johannesburg, South Africa, under apartheid].
Bra Frooks is ...
[] nes 'n skollie
[] 'n egte skollie
[] 'n tsotsi
[] a real scamp
[] streetwise
[]
the jokerman
Bra Frooks ...
[] praat soos 'n skollie
[] wietie soos 'n joster
[] wietie what-what
[]
tunes like a durbanite
[] speaks like an englishman
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