farouk asvat : poems: March 2015

31 March 2015

TO BURY THE DEAD

TO BURY THE DEAD
© Farouk Asvat

To bury the dead

You have to dig deep
Into your pockets

These days

It takes very little
To bury the dead

You only need:

               1 marquee
               1 catering firm
               20 tables
               200 chairs
               1 ox
               and lots of champagne
Plus:
               2 municipal buses
               10 socialites
               20 official mourners
               250 official guests
Plus:
               Some handsome mortuary fees
               Some preparation of the body
               to make a beautiful corpse
               The hiring of a long hearse
               And an expensive coffin
               made of genuine oak
               with brass handles
And:
               1 ordinary grave

To bury the dead.

So that at the bargain price

Of a few thousand rands
You can have a wonderful burial
For your dearly departed
At the most fashionable funeral parlour in town
Whose inviting motto is:
"Call Us Before You Go."

Yes, it takes very little

to bury yourself these days

Because

     "You can have a memorable funeral
       For your loved one -
       For just R20 a month"

Paying for the rest of your life

composed 07.01.1993 [Alexandra, Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:

To Bury The Dead was previously published in:

The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p76, 2006);

     www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (18.09.2012);
     www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (31.03.2015);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback, p74, 2014).

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Sadness In The House Of Love: the first NOVEL by Farouk Asvat
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Farouk Asvat asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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farouk asvat can be contacted at: farouk.asvat@gmail.com

[] please check out my blogs @:

farouk asvat - poems: www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com

weapons of words: www.faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com

piquante ! : www.faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com

books by farouk asvat: www.faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com

[] also link up on:

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twitter: www.twitter.com/faroukasvat

facebook: www.facebook.com/faroukasvat

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#love #literature #fiction #novel #poetry #southafrica #apartheid #books

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24 March 2015

HEY! HEY!

HEY! HEY!
© Farouk Asvat

Hey! Hey!

Mandela is no god

Hey! Hey!

Mandela is no good

Hey! Hey!

We have a new class
Of boss boys

Hey! Hey!

We have a new class
Of parliament chiefs

Hey! Hey!

We now have the illusion
Of a revolution

composed: 21.10.1991 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid]

[] Acknowledgements:

Hey! Hey! /

Hayi! Hayi! was previously published in:

The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p43, 2006);

     www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (11.09..2012);
     www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (24.03.2015);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback, p41, 2014).

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Farouk Asvat asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

without the prior permission of the author in writing.

Permission to publish or reproduce the writings in any format can be obtained from the author.

Reproduction of this work without permission, except for scholarly & nonprofit purposes,

is liable to a payment of 10, 000 ren men bi or US$ 1,500.

farouk asvat can be contacted at: farouk.asvat@gmail.com

[] please check out my blogs @:

farouk asvat - poems: www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com

weapons of words: www.faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com

piquante ! : www.faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com

books by farouk asvat: www.faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com

[] also link up on:

google+ : https://plus.google.com/116303232543019349765

linkedin: www.linkedin.com/pub/farouk-asvat/42/6b6/52a

twitter: www.twitter.com/faroukasvat

facebook: www.facebook.com/faroukasvat

amazon kindle author @ www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat

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#love #literature #fiction #novels #poetry #southafrica #apartheid #books

www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat

17 March 2015

MRS SYBIL'S SYBILISMS

MRS SYBIL'S SYBILISMS
© Farouk Asvat

My dustbin thinks he is so very indisposable

Now that he is on the threadmill after the heart attack -
He just doesn't want to take any irresponsibility anymore;
Already he had double ammonia
Before he got the yellow jaundice,
And now his mammary glands are not working so well -
He forgets everything I tell him;
I have been wanting to talk to him
About going for a vacancy to Cape Town,
But he irrigates me so!
Everything is like duck's water off his back,
He just wants to laze around the house
Thinking he is such an impotent figure -
But that is just a friction of his imagination;
I think I must just leave him
And take up with that handsome young man
Of Arabian originality
That comes to the shop everyday.
Hoo! I must say for you
There are so many problems we have.
I hope this hubby of mine has fixed the bricks on the car
Otherwise I will gatecrash into that slow truck again;
But first I must check the infantry
Before I pack the goods in the hunchback
- These days I have to do everything by myself, I tell you -
And my maid too,
She is suffering from labour pains,
You know how these trading unions
Are giving us so many troubles these days
Since the new laws came into the country,
From the time she got hurt
- and it wasn't even at work -
She hasn't come in to work even for one day;
Then my son has to go and get terminal illness at the airport
Vomitting all over the departure lounge and everything,
And to put the top on the cherry
The cost of inflammation is just going up everyday,
We just can't keep up with the breadline anymore.
Shoo!
I wish there was a silver lining at the end of the tunnel,
But these cartridges in my knees are killing me
- I must get some tornados before I go home;
But I must tell you
My husband makes me so mad
I have a strong mind to cancel him
And make someone else the executioner of my will.

composed: 01.02.1993 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:

Mrs Sybil's Sybilism was previously published in:

The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p56, 2006);

     www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (04.09.2012);
     www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (17.03.2015);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback, p55, 2014).

[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]

the anthology Bra Frooks … by Farouk Asvat is now available
on amazon: paperback @ $10 & kindle @ only $5
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]

Farouk Asvat asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

without the prior permission of the author in writing.

Permission to publish or reproduce the writings in any format can be obtained from the author.

Reproduction of this work without permission, except for scholarly & nonprofit purposes,

is liable to a payment of 10, 000 ren men bi or US$ 1,500.

farouk asvat can be contacted at: farouk.asvat@gmail.com

[] please check out my blogs @:

farouk asvat - poems: www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com

weapons of words: www.faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com

piquante ! : www.faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com

books by farouk asvat: www.faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com

[] also link up on:

google+ : https://plus.google.com/116303232543019349765

linkedin: www.linkedin.com/pub/farouk-asvat/42/6b6/52a

twitter: www.twitter.com/faroukasvat

facebook: www.facebook.com/faroukasvat

amazon kindle author @ www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat

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#love #literature #fiction #novels #poetry #southafrica #apartheid #books

www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat

10 March 2015

THE POEM OF PLAYFUL WORDS

My brother

From another mother
(And another father),
Last of last night
I told my mother's mother
That next of next week
My mother's daughter's son
The one after the one after this one
Wants to visit his father's father
So I told him
He will have to cross the crossroads
Before the forking of the forking paths
That is over the hill
That is over that hill
That is just over that other hill
Understand?

composed 1985 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid]

[] Acknowledgements:

The Poem Of Playful Words was previously published in:

The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p55, 2006);

     www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (28.08.2012);
     www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (10.03.2015);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback, p54, 2014).

[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]

Farouk Asvat asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

without the prior permission of the author in writing.

Permission to publish or reproduce the writings in any format can be obtained from the author.

Reproduction of this work without permission, except for scholarly & nonprofit purposes,

is liable to a payment of 10, 000 ren men bi or US$ 1,500.

farouk asvat can be contacted at: farouk.asvat@gmail.com

[] please check out my blogs @:

farouk asvat - poems: www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com

weapons of words: www.faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com

piquante ! : www.faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com

books by farouk asvat: www.faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com

[] also link up on:

google+ : https://plus.google.com/116303232543019349765

linkedin: www.linkedin.com/pub/farouk-asvat/42/6b6/52a

twitter: www.twitter.com/faroukasvat

facebook: www.facebook.com/faroukasvat

amazon kindle author @ www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat

[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]

#love #literature #fiction #novel #poetry #southafrica #apartheid #books

www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat