15 December 2015

NO GOD CAME HERE ...

NO GOD CAME HERE TO ROCK 'N' ROLL
© Farouk Asvat

The terrible gods of our innocence are dead.

No god came here to rock 'n' roll
He sent machetes and machine guns
He came with his religion
Tucked under his arms
Sending modern-day apostles
Who leave bullets in your skull

God delights in antithesis:
He is the ultimate joker;
Skiing in St Moritz
He don't travel much south
He don't confront anacondas
Tsetse flies
Or pangas slashing the night;
He don't know how to rumba
Or play the marimba

God is away.
So I have learned
To tango with the devil:
I have learned that
That is the only way
To manipulate God
(To intercede on my behalf)

© farouk asvat

composed: 23.03.1992 [johannesburg, south Africa under apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
No God Came Here to Rock 'n' Roll was previously published in:
     requiem magazine (usa, vol 1, #7, July 2012);
     I Dream In Long Sentences (kindle, 2015);
     I Dream In Long Sentences (amazon paperback, p48, 2015).
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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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