29 December 2015

THE ROPE CAME AFTERWARDS

THE ROPE CAME AFTERWARDS
© Farouk Asvat

I was not born
With a cord 'round my neck.

The rope came afterwards.

It is in the nightmare
That the dream is found:

Our sufferings have led to silences:
Our acknowledgements come through
In silent conversations with ourselves
In the absent embraces of our fathers
In the absent caresses of our mothers

And whites appear as negatives
In our colourful lives.

But we keep on,
Loving in the war years,
In the house made of dawn,
Hungering after forgetful memory


© farouk asvat

composed: 27.09.1988 [johannesburg, south Africa under apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:
The Rope Came Afterwards was previously published in:
     "requiem" magazine (usa, vol 1, #9, September 2012);
     I Dream In Long Sentences (kindle, 2015);
     I Dream In Long Sentences (amazon paperback, p50, 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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