© Farouk Asvat
'I know my job,
An'
you know your job.But you know what?
I'm going to eff you up!
You, together with your brother.'
"Who?
Me?Me, I don't have a brother, me.
My brother is dead.
God is my brother.
An' he is also dead."
© farouk asvat
*
original composed: 23.11.1985 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
Brother! / Broer! was previously published in:
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (piquant publications, p41, 2006); #
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p31, 2006);
* www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (27.11.2012); * #
www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (26.05.2015); * #
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p28, 2014); *
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014); #
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback, p39, 2014). #
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[] 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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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT:
BROER!
© Farouk Asvat
'Ek
ken my djob,
En djy ken djou djob.Maa' wiet djy wat?
Ek gaan djou opvok!
Djy, saam met djou broer.'
"Wie?
Ek?Ek het nie 'n broer, ek.
My broer is sat.
God is my broer.
En hy is ook sat."
© farouk asvat
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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Sadness In The House Of
Love: the first NOVEL
by Farouk Asvat is now available on amazon: paperback @ $17.50 & kindle @ only $5
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