© Farouk Asvat
To bury the
dead
You have to
dig deepInto your pockets
These days
It takes
very littleTo bury the dead
You only
need:
1 marquee1 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 randsYou 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 funeralFor your loved one -
For just R20 a month"
Paying for the rest of your life
©
farouk asvat
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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Asvat asserts his moral right to be
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is
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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
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