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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● Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
● The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
● I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
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● 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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