tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675552059426991642024-03-12T18:48:26.138-07:00farouk asvat : poemsFarouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-31285192015929376372016-05-03T00:22:00.009-07:002023-10-25T07:09:06.726-07:00I DREAM IN LONG SENTENCES <div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I DREAM IN LONG
SENTENCES </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <b><span style="color: red;">Farouk Asvat </span></b></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I
am a little sad</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">(As
I always am):</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I
gave my love away </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
the misdemeanors of youth, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I
gave my life away.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
the clear light of night</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The
pain of life</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Is
worse than death, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Than
torture even, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Sometimes.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Breaking
stones together </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
a foreign land </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">There
is no desire </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">For
possession </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Only
the need for affection</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">But
serene or severe </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The
scene is set: </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Fate
has more to say about our lives </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Than
oppression. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">And
there is nothing that the stars </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Or
ideology </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Can
do to save us. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">There
is nowhere to go from here</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">But
crawl into the silent pain of desires </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Into
the sad dance with words </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Frolicking
on my tongue </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Tangoing
in my skull </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">So
I dream in long sentences</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
short stories that unwind </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
lines that weave around me </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
oldfashioned cinematographic reels </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
poems that descend from heaven </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Or
spiral up from the garbage </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
sheets that wrap around you </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">And
wild scenes I vaguely remember in the morning </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
science fiction </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">And
fabulous fables </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
dubious love stories </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">And
tedious epics </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
unwritten sequences </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">And
silent musicals </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">In
charcoal sketches </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">That
fill up </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">With
watercolours</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I
dream about you</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt;">©</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> farouk asvat</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">+ #korean #translations </span></div><div style="text-align: left;">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">***** </span><b style="color: red;">5-STAR AMAZON REVIEW</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">@ </span><i style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat"><span style="color: red;">https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">"If you like poetry you’ll love the way this poet writes.</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">Wonderfully written.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">His voice and thoughts speak
volumes in a way that can be understood by all."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">● Leslie Howell - 5-Star Amazon Review *****</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">***** </span><b style="color: red;">5-STAR GOODREADS REVIEW</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">@ </span><i style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/faroukasvat"><span style="color: red;">https://www.goodreads.com/faroukasvat</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] acknowledgements:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I
Dream In Long Sentences</span></i></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was
previously published in:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Goodreads</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (usa, 11.11.2011, december
2011);</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/05/i-dream-in-long-sentences.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/05/i-dream-in-long-sentences.html</a></span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (03.05.2016);</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(<span style="color: blue;">kindle</span>, 2015);</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(<span style="color: blue;">amazon paperback</span>, p77, 2015).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-ZA"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-ZA">composed: </span><span lang="EN-US">10.11.1990: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><i>I Dream In Long
Sentences</i>: </span><span lang="EN-ZA">[cape
town, south africa under apartheid]:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">24.07.1992 (24h00): </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;">Breaking Stones Together</i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.02.1995: </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;">I Gave My Love Away</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> 31.12.1996: final: (</span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">johannesburg, south
africa under new apartheid).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
by Farouk Asvat</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Sadness In The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks …</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short
stories)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The
House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Weapons Of Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">
(comparative literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> &
literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
paperback & </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: #ffc000;">kindle</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">@ </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat"><span style="color: red;">https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat</span></a></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">난</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">긴</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">문장으로</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">꿈꿔</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">© </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">파룩</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">아스밧</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Korean translation by </span></i><b><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">© </span></b><b><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">JI YOUNG LEE </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">이지영</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">나</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">조금</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">슬퍼</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">(</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">늘</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">그렇듯이</span><span style="color: red;">):</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">내</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">사랑을</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">줘버렸어</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">어린</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">날</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">못된짓으로써</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">내</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">인생을</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">날려버렸어</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">밤의</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">깨끗한</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">공기</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">속</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">삶의</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">아픔은</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">죽음보다</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">나아</span><span style="color: red;">,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">무려</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">고문보다</span><span style="color: red;">,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">때때로</span><span style="color: red;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">함께</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">돌을</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">부닥치기</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">이국</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">땅에서</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">소유하고자하는</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">그런</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">욕망은</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">없어</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">단</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">애정을</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">원할</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">뿐</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">하지만</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">고요하거나</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">너무한</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">장면이</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">갖추어진다</span><span style="color: red;">:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">운명은</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">우리</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">삶에</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">요할</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">것이</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">억압보다</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">많다</span><span style="color: red;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">그리고</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">아무것도</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">저곳의</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">별이나</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">혹은</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">이데올로기</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">아무것도</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">우리를</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">구하지</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">못한다</span><span style="color: red;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">여기서</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">어디로</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">갈</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">곳</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">없으니</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">욕망의</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">말</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">없는</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">아픔으로</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">기어들어갈수밖에</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">단어와의</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">슬픈</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">춤</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">속으로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">내</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">혀에서</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">기쁘게</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">놀아나는</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">두개골에서</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">탱고</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">추는</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">단어와</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">그래서</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">난</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">긴</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">문장으로</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">꿈꿔</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">풀리지</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">않는</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">짧은</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">이야기로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">나를</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">둘러싸며</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">얽히는</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">문장들로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">구식</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">영사기의</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">릴들로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">하늘에서</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">내려온</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">시로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">혹은</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">쓰레기로부터</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">나선으로</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">올라가는</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">너를</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">애워싸는</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">시트들로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">그리고</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">아침에</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">내가</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">멍하니</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">기억하는</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">야생</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">장면으로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">에스에프</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">소설로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">꾸며낸</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">우화로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">수상쩍은</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">로맨스로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">사소한</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">서사시로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">안</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">쓴</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">시퀀스로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">말</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">없는</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">뮤지컬로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">목탄</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">스케치로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">채워가며</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">수채화로</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">널</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">꿈꿔</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Korean translation kind courtesy </span></i><b><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">© </span></b><b><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">JI YOUNG LEE </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Malgun Gothic", sans-serif;">이지영</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span face=""Malgun Gothic",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0cm;">나는</span></b><b> </b><b><span face=""Malgun Gothic",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0cm;">긴</span></b><b> </b><b><span face=""Malgun Gothic",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0cm;">문장으로</span></b><b> </b><b><span face=""Malgun Gothic",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0cm;">꿈을</span></b><b> </b><b><span face=""Malgun Gothic",sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0cm;">꾸지</span></b><b>! </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>© </b><span style="color: red;"><b><span face=""Malgun Gothic",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">파루크</span></b><b> </b><b><span face=""Malgun Gothic",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">아스바트</span></b><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>Korean Translation by</i> </span>©<span style="color: red;"> <i>Byeong Cheol Kang</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">나는</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">조금</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">슬퍼</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">(<span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">항상</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">그렇듯이</span>):</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">젊은</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">시절</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">비행으로</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">내</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">사랑을</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">버렸어</span>,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">내</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">삶을</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">버렸지</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">밤의</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">맑은</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">빛</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">속에서</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">인생의</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">고통은</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">죽음보다</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">더</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">나쁘지</span>,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">심지어</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">고문보다도</span>,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">가끔은</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">외국</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">땅에서</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">함께</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">돌을</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">부수며</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">소유욕은</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">없어</span>,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">단지</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">애정만이</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">필요할</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">뿐이야</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">하지만</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">차분하거나</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">엄한</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">풍경이든</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">상황은</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">이미</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">정해져</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">있어</span>:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">운명이</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">우리의</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">삶에</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">대해</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">더</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">말할</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">거야</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">억압보다도</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">그리고</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">별들이나</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">이념이</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">우리를</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">구할</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">방법은</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">없어</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif" style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">여기서</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">갈</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">곳은</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">없어</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">그저</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">침묵하는</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">욕망의</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">고통</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">속으로</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">기어들어</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">가야</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">해</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">슬픈</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">단어들과</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">함께</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">추는</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">슬픈</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">춤</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">속으로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">내</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">혀</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">위에서</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">노는</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">말들과</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">함께</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">탱고를</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">춰</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">그래서</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">긴</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">문장들로</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">꿈을</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">꾸지</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">해제되어</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">풀어지는</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">단편</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">이야기로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">나를</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">둘러싸는</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">줄들로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">옛날식</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">시네마</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">릴로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">하늘에서</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">내려오는</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">시로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">혹은</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">쓰레기</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">속에서</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">솟아오른</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">시로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">너를</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">감싸는</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">시트로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">그리고</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">아침에</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">희미하게</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">기억나는</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">화려한</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">장면들로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">과학</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">소설</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">속에서</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">환상적인</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">이야기들로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">의심스러운</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">사랑</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">이야기로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">지루한</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">서사시로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">쓰지</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">않은</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">연속물로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">침묵하는</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">뮤지컬로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">목탄</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">스케치로</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">그것들은</span> <span face=""Malgun Gothic", sans-serif">수채화로</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: 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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">O MARLÉNE! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">Farouk Asvat <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">a free-wheeling song for Bob Dylan <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">O Marléne! your country
is going to war;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">and you are riding
ponies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">and jumping cowboys at
rodeos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">O Marléne! you said<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">you never would do<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">what your pappa once
did;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">O Marléne! with all your
learning,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">you are only doing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">what he once did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">And O Marléne! the new
guy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">looks very much like the
old guy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">with the moustache.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">O Marléne! you are
caught up in the web;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">you have lost the
knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">of the little girl you
once had.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">O Marléne! don't lie to
me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">don't say there is
nothing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">you can do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">O Marléne! you keep
saying<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">"I could join a
group;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but what can one little girl do?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">O Marléne! you know
that's not true;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">it only sounds like
something<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">someone once said in
Germany.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">O Marléne! riding ponies
in California,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">why don't you go to war<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">against your country?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">O Marléne! riding horses
in Albuquerque,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">why don't you go<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">to the one who loves
you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">[] composed:
</span><span lang="EN-US">saturday 15.02.2003 [cape town</span><span lang="EN-ZA">, south africa under apartheid].</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">INTERNATIONAL
MARCH AGAINST THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">- held from Cape Town to San Francisco -</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">AGAINST THE USA, UN, UK, France, Australia
and their puppets.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (final: </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">johannesburg: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">16.12.2003).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">O Marléne! </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: red;">Goodreads</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (usa, 12.01.2012, February 2012).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/04/o-marlene.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/04/o-marlene.html</a></span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
(26.04.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p75, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86062758"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
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The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In
Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind
Still Sings Sad Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A
Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time
Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This
Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks
…</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-29075574661167996312016-04-19T00:54:00.003-07:002023-10-25T07:22:22.928-07:00IT WASN'T THAT YOU LOVED ME<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">IT WASN'T
THAT YOU LOVED ME</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">Farouk Asvat <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It wasn't that you loved me:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It was just that you were piqued:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">By my going away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">To some calling<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Not of my choice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Not to your liking<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It wasn't that you loved me:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It was just you imagining<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Being an erotic lover</span><span style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Buoyant</span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
with sexual analysis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It wasn't that you loved me:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It was just that you were you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">And I was I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">In a country not our own<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It wasn't that you loved me:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It was just you being vindictive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">For me not being<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who you wanted me to be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It wasn't that you loved me:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It was just you being vindictive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">For me leaving<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">For my unhappy destiny<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It wasn't that you loved me:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It was just you being vindictive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">For me not revealing my poems<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Before they were ready to be delivered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It wasn't that you loved me:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It was just you being vindictive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">For me not being who you wanted me to be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">For me being who I was supposed to be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">And now I am vindicated<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">By the absence of your love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
05.05.2009 [johannesburg, south africa under apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">It Wasn't That You Loved Me </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: red;">Goodreads</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (usa, 17.10.2012, november
2012).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/04/it-wasnt-that-you-loved-me.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/04/it-wasnt-that-you-loved-me.html</a></span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
(19.04.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p73, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86062758"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
by Farouk Asvat</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Sadness In
The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In
Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind
Still Sings Sad Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A
Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time
Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This
Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks
…</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The
House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Weapons Of
Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (comparative literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
paperback & </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: #ffc000;">kindle</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">@ </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-no-proof: yes;">©</span></b><b><span lang="EN-ZA"> farouk asvat.</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> All rights reserved.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Farouk Asvat asserts his </span><b style="font-size: 10pt;">moral
right</b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> to be identified as the author of this work.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">No part of this publication may
be reproduced by any means whatsoever, or transmitted in any form or any means
whatsoever, mechanical or electronic, including recording, printing,
photocopying, or via any computerised means or media, including the internet.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This publication shall also not be stored in
a retrieval system.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">And the writing
shall not be sold, lent, hired, resold or circulated in any form or binding or
cover other than that in which it is published,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">without the prior permission of the author in writing.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Permission
to publish or reproduce the writings in any format can be obtained from the
author.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Reproduction
of this work without permission, except for scholarly & nonprofit purposes,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is
liable to a payment of 10, 000 ren men bi or US$ 1,500.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">the NOVEL </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sadness In The House Of Love</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> by </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Farouk Asvat</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">is now available on </span><b><span lang="EN-US">amazon</span></b><span lang="EN-US">:<span style="color: blue;"> in paperback @ </span><b><span style="color: red;">$15</span></b><span style="color: blue;"> & </span><span style="color: #ffc000;">kindle</span><span style="color: blue;"> @ only </span><b><span style="color: red;">$5</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">#love #literature #fiction
#novel #poetry #southafrica #apartheid #books #classics</div><div class="MsoNormal">#faroukasvat #weapons #of
#words #comparative #literature #literary #criticism</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue;">#i #dream #in #long #sentences </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red;">#it #wasn't #that #you #loved #me</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● poems @ </span><i style="color: blue;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com</a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● linkedin @ </span><i style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/farouk-asvat-52a6b642">https://www.linkedin.com/in/farouk-asvat-52a6b642</a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● sa history</span><span style="color: blue;"> @</span><i style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/mohamed-farouk-asvat">https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/mohamed-farouk-asvat</a></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● wikipedia @ </span><i style="color: blue;"><a href="https://en.everybodywiki.com/Farouk_Asvat">https://en.everybodywiki.com/Farouk_Asvat</a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">● </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">youtube @ <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlracNOh9E/faroukasvat">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlracNOh9E/faroukasvat</a></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● all my books @ </span><i style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat">https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat</a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-24395661028626750012016-04-12T00:33:00.003-07:002023-10-25T07:25:17.657-07:00WHAT DOES IT MATTER NOW<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">WHAT DOES IT MATTER NOW</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">Farouk Asvat <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">The heart explodes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">Each time it passes by a
thought of you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">What does it matter now<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">That I love you so much<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">That dreams lie to me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">That carnivals are so
far away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">That burns take so long
to heal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">That bones are so easy
to break<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
17.04.1992 & 14.10.1993 [johannesburg, south africa under apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">What
Does It Matter Now </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was
previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">wherepoetry24</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(usa, 11.11.2011, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">December 2011);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/04/what-does-it-matter-now.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/04/what-does-it-matter-now.html</a></span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
(12.04.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p72, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86062758"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
by Farouk Asvat</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Sadness In
The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In
Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind
Still Sings Sad Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A
Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time
Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This
Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks
…</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The
House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Weapons Of
Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (comparative literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
paperback & </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: #ffc000;">kindle</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">@ </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-no-proof: yes;">©</span></b><b><span lang="EN-ZA"> farouk asvat.</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> All rights reserved.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Farouk Asvat asserts his </span><b style="font-size: 10pt;">moral
right</b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> to be identified as the author of this work.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">No part of this publication may
be reproduced by any means whatsoever, or transmitted in any form or any means
whatsoever, mechanical or electronic, including recording, printing,
photocopying, or via any computerised means or media, including the
internet.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This publication shall also not
be stored in a retrieval system.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">And the
writing shall not be sold, lent, hired, resold or circulated in any form or binding
or cover other than that in which it is published,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">without the prior permission of the author in writing.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Permission
to publish or reproduce the writings in any format can be obtained from the
author.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Reproduction
of this work without permission, except for scholarly & nonprofit purposes,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is
liable to a payment of 10, 000 ren men bi or US$ 1,500.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">the NOVEL </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sadness In The House Of Love</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> by </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Farouk Asvat</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">is now available on </span><b><span lang="EN-US">amazon</span></b><span lang="EN-US">:<span style="color: blue;"> in paperback @ </span><b><span style="color: red;">$15</span></b><span style="color: blue;"> & </span><span style="color: #ffc000;">kindle</span><span style="color: blue;"> @ only </span><b><span style="color: red;">$5</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">#love #literature #fiction
#novel #poetry #southafrica #apartheid #books #classics</div><div class="MsoNormal">#faroukasvat #weapons #of
#words #comparative #literature #literary #criticism</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue;">#i #dream #in #long #sentences </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red;">#</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">what #does #it #matter #now</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● poems @ </span><i style="color: blue;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com</a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● linkedin @ </span><i style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/farouk-asvat-52a6b642">https://www.linkedin.com/in/farouk-asvat-52a6b642</a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● sa history</span><span style="color: blue;"> @</span><i style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/mohamed-farouk-asvat">https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/mohamed-farouk-asvat</a></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● wikipedia @ </span><i style="color: blue;"><a href="https://en.everybodywiki.com/Farouk_Asvat">https://en.everybodywiki.com/Farouk_Asvat</a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">● </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">youtube @ <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlracNOh9E/faroukasvat">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlracNOh9E/faroukasvat</a></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● all my books @ </span><i style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat">https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat</a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>
</div>
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-81231053477371363162016-04-05T00:55:00.003-07:002023-10-25T07:29:21.789-07:00COAST TO COAST ...<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-size: medium;">COAST TO COAST</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-size: medium;">: new year's poem </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">
<b><span style="color: red;"><span>Farouk Asvat </span></span></b></span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Little birds fly in
silhouette<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Dirty oranges splash
across the evening sky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Diamonds glitter on
distant black hills<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">As the grey sea
leisurely splashes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Against the rocks at
my feet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Here at Club Mykonos<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">In the Cape of Good
Hope<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> It is time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> My thoughts sail<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> In a little fishermen's boat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> Slowly disappearing over the horizon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> Across the oceans<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> To a pier in San Francisco Bay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> Where a saddened smile greets me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> Every morning on a futon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> Linking the trauma of the past<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> With the happiness of a love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> That is so far away</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
04.01.1994 [club mykonos, cape west coast, south africa under apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Coast
To Coast </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was
previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: red;">Goodreads</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (usa, 17.05.2012, June
2012);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/04/coast-to-coast.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/04/coast-to-coast.html</a></span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
(05.04.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p71, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86062758"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
by Farouk Asvat</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Sadness In
The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In
Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind
Still Sings Sad Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A
Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time
Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This
Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks
…</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The
House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Weapons Of
Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (comparative literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-63186662410601389202016-03-29T00:28:00.003-07:002022-02-28T05:50:49.575-08:00ALTHOUGH<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">ALTHOUGH </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farouk Asvat </span></span></b><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Although it was a day
of happiness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">There was a sadness
in the air:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Although it was a
wedding<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">It was a parting<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Although it was a
coming together<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">It was a going away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Although it was a
gain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">It was a loss of
freedom<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
28.04.1993 [johannesburg, south africa under apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">Although </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: red;">Goodreads</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
(17.01.2013, February 2013).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/03/although.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/03/although.html</a></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
(29.03.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p70, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86062758"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
by Farouk Asvat</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Sadness In
The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In
Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind
Still Sings Sad Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A
Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time
Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This
Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks
…</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The
House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Weapons Of
Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (comparative literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
paperback & </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: #ffc000;">kindle</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">@ </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">[] please check out my blogs @:</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">poems: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">weapons
of words: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">piquante:
</span><a href="https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">piqued: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">streetwise:
</span><a href="https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">quran: </span><a href="https://quran-faroukasvat.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://quran-faroukasvat.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">quran
lectures: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">verse: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-verse.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-verse.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">notes: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-notes.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-notes.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">biography:
</span><a href="https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">stories: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-stories.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-stories.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">reviews: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-reviews.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-reviews.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">books by
farouk asvat: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">[] please join me on:</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">linkedin:
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</span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/farouk-asvat-52a6b642"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://www.linkedin.com/in/farouk-asvat-52a6b642</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">facebook:
</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/faroukasvat"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://www.facebook.com/faroukasvat</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/faroukasvat"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://twitter.com/faroukasvat</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">youtube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlracNOh9E/faroukasvat"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlracNOh9E/faroukasvat</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0000cc;">
</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: #ffc000;">kindle</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> author </span><span lang="EN-US">@<span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-no-proof: yes;">©</span></b><b><span lang="EN-ZA"> farouk asvat.</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> All rights reserved.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Farouk Asvat asserts his </span><b style="font-size: 10pt;">moral
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be stored in a retrieval system.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">And the
writing shall not be sold, lent, hired, resold or circulated in any form or binding
or cover other than that in which it is published,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">without the prior permission of the author in writing.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Permission
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-84391615249956444922016-03-22T01:06:00.003-07:002022-02-28T05:51:47.681-08:00I DID NOT WANT YOU<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">I DID NOT WANT YOU </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farouk Asvat </span></span></b><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">I did not want you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">to leave your world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">to come to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">I could not<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">leave my world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">to come to you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">You did not want<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">to leave your world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">to come to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Now I want<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">to leave my world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">to come to you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">But you do not want me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">to leave my world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">to come to you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> If only I were not afraid<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> of losing you then<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #3333ff; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">because </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">I
did not want to know<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> the pain of being with you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> If only you were not afraid<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> of receiving me now<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> because you do not want to know<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> the pain of having me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">composed:
16.06.1993 (04h00) [</span><span lang="PT-BR">04.12.2011]
</span><span lang="EN-ZA">[johannesburg, south Africa
under apartheid].</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Did
Not Want You</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: red;">Goodreads</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (usa, 06.06.2012, July
2012);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/03/i-did-not-want-you.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/03/i-did-not-want-you.html</a></span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
(22.03.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p69, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86062758"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
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Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-73810324581368327052016-03-15T00:29:00.002-07:002022-02-28T05:52:59.882-08:00ALL THAT I HELD IN MY BLOOD<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">ALL THAT I HELD IN MY BLOOD </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farouk Asvat </span></span></b><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">All that I held in my
blood<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Is dust<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> smoke<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> air<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> ?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
12.02.1991 [johannesburg, south africa under apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">All That I Held In My Blood</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">requiem magazine</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (usa, vol 1, #1,
January 2012);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/03/all-that-i-held-in-my-blood.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/03/all-that-i-held-in-my-blood.html</a></span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(15.03.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p68, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-16751318656575529782016-03-08T00:24:00.004-08:002022-04-29T05:59:47.210-07:00THE ZIONIST WALL<div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 24.0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">THE ZIONIST
WALL <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Farouk Asvat <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zionist Wall is a
living thing:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It brings death to the
people of Palestine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes with soldiers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That massacre grandfathers in the streets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes with bulldozers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That destroy grandmothers in their homes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zionist Wall is a
breathing thing:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It brings death to the
Muslims of Palestine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes with tanks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That blast fathers to kingdom come<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes with white phosphorous<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That burns mothers to a living hell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zionist Wall is a
living thing:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It brings death to the
people of Palestine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes with living clusters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That kill children in the fields<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes with active uranium<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That contaminates babies in their prams<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zionist Wall is a
breathing thing:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It brings destruction to
the Christians of Palestine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It consumes orange trees and olive
branches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It slithers into crèches and clinics<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It slides into homes and orchards<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It destroys lives and livelihoods<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zionist Wall is not a
dead thing:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It brings death to the
people of Palestine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes with helicopter gunships<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That shoot children playing in the streets<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes with military aircrafts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That bomb mothers praying in their homes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zionist Wall is not a
dead thing:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It brings death to the
Jews of Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes
with sacrificial bombers</span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who blow up
buses and restaurants<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes
with suicidal martyrs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who
obliterate school children and rabbis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zionist Wall is not a
dead thing:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It brings death to the
people of Israel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It shoots down ambulances and schools by
day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It blows up shops and hospitals by night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes with dreams of paradise and
virgins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It leaves behind orphans and widows<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zionist Wall is a
weeping wall:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who lived and died in concentration
camps<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now create concentration camps<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the living and the dead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zionist Wall is a
weeping wall:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who died and survived a holocaust<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now create a holocaust<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the living and the dead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zionist Wall is a
wailing wall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the living and the dead of Palestine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zionist Wall is a
wailing wall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the living and the dead of Israel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zionist Wall is a
wailing wall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the living and the dead of the world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">● "I enjoyed
your beautiful and heartfelt poems, especially "</span><i style="color: blue;">The Zionist Wall</i><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">"." </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red;">§ Ramzy Baroud </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed: 17.01.2009 [johannesburg, south africa under new apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">The
Zionist Wall</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p64, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-zionist-wall.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-zionist-wall.html</a></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
(08.03.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><a href="https://richardfalk.org/"><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">https://richardfalk.org/</span></i></a><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (global justice in
the 21st century) (09.03.2016).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
by Farouk Asvat</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Sadness In The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks …</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-37762339369171358092016-03-01T00:27:00.001-08:002022-01-24T04:52:27.922-08:00ROCKS!<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><span style="font-size: large;">ROCKS! </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">There are rocks that weep<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">streaming down mountainsides<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">There are rocks that tremble<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">quivering in the centre of earthquakes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">There are rocks that melt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">exploding in the mouth of volcanoes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">There are rocks that sing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Gurgling down rapids of delight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> But there is nothing as hard as the human
heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> There are no earthquakes of the heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> No volcanoes of the blood<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> No quaking of the ventricles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> No quivering of the strings<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> The human heart is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> Harder than granite<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> Heavier than mountains<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> Flimsier than gossamer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> As precarious as the web<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> It has the stamp of ignorance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> The spirit of barrenness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> The seal of a coward<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> And the soul of a miser<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
14.04.2009 [johannesburg, south africa].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Rocks! </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/03/rocks.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/03/rocks.html</a></span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
(01.03.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p63, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86068144"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
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The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Gathering
Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In
Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind
Still Sings Sad Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A
Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time
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BRAINS </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Your brain is stuffed with banknotes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">And your heart is filled with
concrete<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Your vault is brimming with coins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">And your chest is bulging with
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But there are notes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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That bring food to the poor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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And there are notes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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That bring a smile to an orphan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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And there are notes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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That bring music to urchins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> That you will never know<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Because your money has the stench of
a ghoul<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Your vanity the fragrance of
arrogance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Your brain the scent of disintegrating
cobwebs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">And your soul the perfume of a corpse<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
17.02.2009 [johannesburg, south africa].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Stuffed
Brains</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/02/stuffed-brains.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/02/stuffed-brains.html</a></span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
(23.02.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p62, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86062758"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
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The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In
Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind
Still Sings Sad Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A
Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time
Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This
Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks
…</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The
House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Weapons Of
Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (comparative literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
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of words: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">piquante:
</span><a href="https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">piqued: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">streetwise:
</span><a href="https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">quran: </span><a href="https://quran-faroukasvat.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://quran-faroukasvat.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">quran
lectures: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">verse: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-verse.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-verse.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">notes: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-notes.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-notes.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">biography:
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-79213593756567206802016-02-16T00:24:00.001-08:002022-01-24T04:28:42.382-08:00ANOTHER FORM OF OPPRESSION<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><span style="font-size: large;">ANOTHER FORM
OF OPPRESSION </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
<b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farouk Asvat
</span></span></b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">One form of oppression<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Has been replaced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">By another form of oppression<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Those that were silent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Against the old tyranny<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Are silent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Against the new tyranny<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Those that spoke out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Against the old turmoil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Are silent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Against the new turmoil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">And so the silence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">explodes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
10.01.2010 [johannesburg, south africa, under new apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Another
Form Of Oppression</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> <i><span style="color: red;">Goodreads</span></i> (usa, 01.09.2014, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">October 2014);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/02/another-form-of-oppression.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/02/another-form-of-oppression.html</a></span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
(16.02.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p61, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86062758"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
by Farouk Asvat</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Sadness In
The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In
Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind
Still Sings Sad Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A
Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time
Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This
Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks
…</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The
House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Weapons Of
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of words: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">piquante:
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-8181959485077156942016-02-09T00:17:00.001-08:002022-01-24T04:11:58.244-08:00CRITICS<div style="text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">CRITICS <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">©</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> <b>Farouk Asvat </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Critics are hyenas</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Feeding on dead lions</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Academics are wild dogs</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Feeding on dead panthers</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Critics are vultures</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Feeding on living tigers</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Academics are carrion crows</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Feeding on living leopards</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Critics are predators</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Feeding on angels</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Academics are scavengers</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">Feeding on revolutionaries</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">composed:
10.01.2010 [johannesburg, south Africa under new apartheid].</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Critics </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: red;">Goodreads</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (usa, 17.09.2013, October
2013);</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/02/critics.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/02/critics.html</a>
</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(09.02.2016);</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p60, 2015).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a name="_Hlk86068144"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
by Farouk Asvat</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Sadness In
The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">● <i>The
Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (novel)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">● <i>I Dream In
Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (poetry)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">● <i>The Wind
Still Sings Sad Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (poetry)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">● <i>A
Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (poetry)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">● <i>The Time
Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (poetry)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">● <i>This
Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (short stories)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">● <i>Bra Frooks
…</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (poetry)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">● <i>The
Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (short
stories)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The
House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">● <i>Weapons Of
Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (comparative literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
paperback & </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ffc000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">kindle</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">@ </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">[] please check out my blogs @:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">poems: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">weapons
of words: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">piquante:
</span><a href="https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">piqued: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">streetwise:
</span><a href="https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">quran: </span><a href="https://quran-faroukasvat.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://quran-faroukasvat.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">quran
lectures: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">verse: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-verse.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-verse.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">notes: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-notes.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-notes.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">biography:
</span><a href="https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">stories: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-stories.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-stories.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">reviews: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-reviews.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-reviews.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">books by
farouk asvat: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">[] please join me on:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">linkedin:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-21498207537723795042016-02-02T00:43:00.001-08:002021-12-31T04:47:48.058-08:00ON WANTING TO BE A SUFI<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #3333ff; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><span style="font-size: large;">ON WANTING TO BE A SUFI </span></span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #3333ff; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farouk Asvat </span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"> </span><i style="color: red;">for
Jalal'uddin Rumi, who brought me here </i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">There are obstacles
to being a sufi:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">The chrome chairs in
the lounge,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Allah engraved on</span><span style="color: #3333ff; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> aluminium</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> panels in the corridor,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Bronze statues in the
heart,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">And leaden Buddhas
sitting in the stomach;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Silver chains hanging
around your neck<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">And platinum bangles
tinkling around your ankles;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">In the imams whose
names are longer than the kalimah,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">In the white robe of
the pilgrim,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">And the untrimmed
beard of the believer;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">In the pewter jugs
filled with holy water,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">And in the sparkling
pleasures of your desires:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">There are obstacles
to being a sufi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> There's an emptiness in your chest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> Where your heart used to beat;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> There's a void in the heavens<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> Where God used to sit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> So do not go looking for God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> He will find you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> He is not only in the stars;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> He is also in the almond tree<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> Blossoming in your garden.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> so be silent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> be still.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> sacrifice yourself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> in the name of Allah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> and in the feast of an empty
stomach<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> you will find Him dancing on
your tongue<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"> laughing with you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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farouk asvat <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">composed: </span><span lang="EN-US">26.10.2004, 05h00, after dawn, 11 ramaDwaan 1425 [</span><span lang="EN-ZA">johannesburg, south africa].</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">On
Wanting To Be A Sufi</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: red;">Goodreads</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (usa, 10.12.2011, January
2012);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/02/on-wanting-to-be-sufi.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/02/on-wanting-to-be-sufi.html</a></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(02.02.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p57, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86068144"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">You know how<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">She fell in love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">On </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: #3333ff; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">his father's<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">You know how<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Life and death<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">Are witches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
31.05.1992 [johannesburg, south africa under apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">You Know
How #2</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: red;">Goodreads</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (usa, 21.05.2013, June
2013);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk91850683"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"> </span></a><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/01/you-know-how-2.html"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/01/you-know-how-2.html</span></i></a><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(26.01.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
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Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In
Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind
Still Sings Sad Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A
Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time
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Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (comparative literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
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liable to a payment of 10, 000 ren men bi or US$ 1,500.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">the NOVEL </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sadness In The House Of Love</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> by </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Farouk Asvat</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">is now available on </span><span lang="EN-US">amazon:<span style="color: blue;"> in paperback @ </span><b><span style="color: red;">$15</span></b><span style="color: blue;"> & </span><span style="color: #ffc000;">kindle</span><span style="color: blue;"> @ only </span><b><span style="color: red;">$5</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">#love #literature #fiction
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-88753149755061668962016-01-19T00:10:00.002-08:002021-12-31T04:30:18.303-08:00YOU KNOW HOW<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">You snatched the wind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">From under his wings<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
10.11.1991 [johannesburg, south africa, under apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">You Know How</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: red;">Goodreads</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
(usa, 17.04.2013, May 2013);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/01/you-know-how.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/01/you-know-how.html</a>
</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(19.01.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p55, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86062758"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
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The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In
Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind
Still Sings Sad Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A
Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time
Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This
Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks
…</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The
Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The
House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Weapons Of
Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (comparative literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
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of words: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">piquante:
</span><a href="https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">piqued: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">streetwise:
</span><a href="https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">quran: </span><a href="https://quran-faroukasvat.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://quran-faroukasvat.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">quran
lectures: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">verse: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-verse.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-verse.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">notes: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-notes.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-notes.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">biography:
</span><a href="https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">stories: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-stories.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-stories.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">reviews: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-reviews.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-reviews.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">books by
farouk asvat: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">[] please join me on:</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">linkedin:
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-53397702885807480302016-01-12T00:40:00.002-08:002021-12-31T04:20:28.475-08:00PAIN IS FULL OF LIFE<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">PAIN IS FULL OF LIFE </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farouk Asvat</span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #3333ff;"> Pain is full of life.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #3333ff;">Because memories last
longer than dreams.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #3333ff;">I did not expect</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">You to wait<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">For my dead body<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">To come to you:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #3333ff;">Because pain is the
colour of love</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #3333ff;">And death is
transparent</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">If you know<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3333ff;">The colour of hunger<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
22.12.1990 [ johannesburg, south africa under apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Pain Is Full Of Life </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">requiem</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> magazine </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(usa,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> April 2012);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <span style="color: red;">Acı</span> <span style="color: red;">Hayatla</span> <span style="color: red;">Doludur</span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">: Turkish translation by İlyas Tunç (2012);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/01/pain-is-full-of-life.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/01/pain-is-full-of-life.html</a>
</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(12.01.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p54, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86062758"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books by Farouk Asvat</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Sadness In The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks …</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Weapons Of Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (comparative literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are
now available on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in paperback & </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ffc000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">kindle</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">@ </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">[] please
check out my blogs @:</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">poems: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">weapons of words: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">piquante: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">piqued: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">streetwise: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">quran: </span><a href="https://quran-faroukasvat.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://quran-faroukasvat.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">quran lectures: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">verse: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-verse.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-verse.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">notes: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-notes.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-notes.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">biography: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">stories: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-stories.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-stories.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">reviews: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-reviews.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-reviews.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">books by farouk asvat: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">[] please
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translation by </span></i><span lang="NL" style="font-size: 10pt;">©</span><i><span lang="NL"> İlyas Tunç</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Acı
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rengini.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="NL">Turkish
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-88360719023488538392016-01-05T00:40:00.001-08:002021-12-17T07:44:01.670-08:00I HAVE TO KILL MYSELF<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">I HAVE TO KILL MYSELF </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
<b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farouk Asvat
</span></span></b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Every day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">I have to kill myself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Every day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">I do not want to live<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Like this<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Every day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">I do not want to die<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Like this<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Every day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">I yearn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">For cherry trees
blossoming<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In another country<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Where bloody memories
exist<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Only in books<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
12.06.1994 [johannesburg, south Africa under new apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I
Have To Kill Myself</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt;">Goodreads</i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt;">
(usa, 17.07.2013, August 2013);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "\@Yu Mincho Light";"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/01/i-have-to-kill-myself.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2016/01/i-have-to-kill-myself.html</a></span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (05.01.2016);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p51, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
by Farouk Asvat</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Sadness In The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks …</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short
stories)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The
House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Weapons Of Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (comparative
literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-92199112533630301982015-12-29T00:42:00.001-08:002021-12-17T07:24:35.548-08:00THE ROPE CAME AFTERWARDS<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">THE ROPE CAME AFTERWARDS </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
<b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farouk Asvat
</span></span></b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">I was
not born<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">With a
cord 'round my neck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">The rope
came afterwards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">It is in
the nightmare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">That the
dream is found:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">Our
sufferings have led to silences:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">Our
acknowledgements come through<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">In
silent conversations with ourselves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">In the
absent embraces of our fathers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">In the
absent caresses of our mothers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">And
whites appear as negatives<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">In our
colourful lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">But we
keep on,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">Loving
in the war years,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">In the
house made of dawn,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 11pt;">Hungering
after forgetful memory<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">composed: </span><span lang="EN-US">27.09.1988 [johannesburg, south Africa under apartheid].</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">The
Rope Came Afterwards </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was
previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 10pt;">"</span><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 10pt;">requiem</i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 10pt;">" magazine (usa, vol 1, #9, September 2012);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "\@Yu Mincho Light";"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-rope-came-afterwards.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-rope-came-afterwards.html</a>
</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(29.12.2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p50, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
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Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks …</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short
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literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
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liable to a payment of 10, 000 ren men bi or US$ 1,500.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">the NOVEL </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sadness In
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#southafrica #apartheid #books #classics</div><div class="MsoNormal">#faroukasvat #weapons #of #words #comparative
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#rope #came #afterwards</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">● </span><i style="color: red;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: red;">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com</span></a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● </span><i style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/farouk-asvat-52a6b642">https://www.linkedin.com/in/farouk-asvat-52a6b642</a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">● </span><i style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.everybodywiki.com/Farouk_Asvat"><span style="color: red;">https://en.everybodywiki.com/Farouk_Asvat</span></a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● </span><i style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat">https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat</a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal">
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-90642751730371627842015-12-22T00:24:00.002-08:002021-11-29T05:56:26.508-08:00THERE MUST BE A GOD OUT THERE<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">THERE MUST BE A GOD OUT THERE </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
<b><span style="color: #3333ff;">Farouk Asvat
</span></b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">There must be a god out
there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">But he doesn't much care
about us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">When he does come down to
earth,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">He prefers spending the
summer at the French Riviera<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">He likes mingling with
topless girls in tangas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">He prefers cool martinis
on the rocks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">God doesn't talk to
revolutionaries<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Or read socialist
magazines<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">He knows nothing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Of his stepchildren<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In the dark continents,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">He knows nothing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Of the butchery on his
doorstep<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Or in his own backyard in
Bosnia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In the year of Our Lord
2001<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">He floats about the
universe at warp speed,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Enjoying the wonders of
his creation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Like a kid playing around
with virtual reality,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Not concerned<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">About the starving kids
down the block<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">composed: </span><span lang="EN-US">01.09.1995 [johannesburg, south Africa under new apartheid].</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">There
Must Be A God Out There</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">requiem</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> magazine (usa, vol 1, #9,
September 2012);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/12/there-must-be-god-out-there.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/12/there-must-be-god-out-there.html</a>
</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(22.12.2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p49, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
by Farouk Asvat</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Sadness In The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks …</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short
stories)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The
House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Weapons Of Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (comparative
literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
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Asvat asserts his </span><b style="font-size: 10pt;">moral right</b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> to be
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be reproduced by any means whatsoever, or transmitted in any form or any means
whatsoever, mechanical or electronic, including recording, printing,
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be stored in a retrieval system.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">And the
writing shall not be sold, lent, hired, resold or circulated in any form or binding
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to publish or reproduce the writings in any format can be obtained from the
author.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Reproduction
of this work without permission, except for scholarly & nonprofit purposes,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is
liable to a payment of 10, 000 ren men bi or US$ 1,500.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">the NOVEL </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sadness In
The House Of Love</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> by </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Farouk Asvat</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">is now available on </span><span lang="EN-US">amazon:<span style="color: blue;"> in paperback @ </span><b><span style="color: red;">$15</span></b><span style="color: blue;"> & </span><span style="color: #ffc000;">kindle</span><span style="color: blue;"> @ only </span><b><span style="color: red;">$5</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">#love #literature #fiction #novel #poetry
#southafrica #apartheid #books #classics</div><div class="MsoNormal">#faroukasvat #weapons #of #words #comparative
#literature #literary #criticism</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue;">#i #dream #in #long #sentences </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red;">#</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">there
#must #be #a #god #out #there </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">● </span><i style="color: red;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: red;">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com</span></a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● </span><i style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/farouk-asvat-52a6b642">https://www.linkedin.com/in/farouk-asvat-52a6b642</a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;">● </span><i style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.everybodywiki.com/Farouk_Asvat"><span style="color: red;">https://en.everybodywiki.com/Farouk_Asvat</span></a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">● </span><i style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat">https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat</a></i></div><div class="MsoNormal">
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-71011927400611485122015-12-15T00:33:00.002-08:002021-11-29T05:41:52.601-08:00NO GOD CAME HERE ... <div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">NO GOD CAME HERE TO
ROCK 'N' ROLL </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
<b><span style="color: #3333ff;">Farouk Asvat
</span></b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">The terrible gods of our
innocence are dead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">No god came here to rock
'n' roll<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">He sent machetes and
machine guns<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">He came with his religion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Tucked under his arms<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Sending modern-day
apostles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Who leave bullets in your
skull<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">God delights in
antithesis:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">He is the ultimate joker;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Skiing in St Moritz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">He don't travel much
south<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">He don't confront
anacondas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Tsetse flies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Or pangas slashing the
night;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">He don't know how to
rumba<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Or play the marimba<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">God is away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">So I have learned<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">To tango with the devil:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">I have learned that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">That is the only way<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">To manipulate God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">(To intercede on my
behalf)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA">composed: </span><span lang="EN-US">23.03.1992 [johannesburg, south Africa under apartheid].</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">No
God Came Here to Rock 'n' Roll</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">requiem</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> magazine (usa, vol 1, #7, July
2012);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/12/no-god-came-here.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/12/no-god-came-here.html</a>
</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(15.12.2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-88993251191622901122015-12-08T11:05:00.001-08:002021-11-19T06:50:34.312-08:00OH MOTHER!<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><span style="font-size: large;">OH MOTHER! </span></span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
<b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farouk Asvat
</span></span></b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Mother, your child is late<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
What do you mean<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
He is late?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Mother, your child is no longer with
us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
What do you mean<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
She is no longer with you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Mother, your child has left us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
What do you mean<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
He has left you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Mother, you can fetch your child<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
What do you mean<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
I can fetch her?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Mother, your child has been released<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
What do you mean<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
He has been released?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Mother, your child has been
discharged<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
What do you mean<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
She has been discharged?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Mother, your child has passed on<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
What do you mean<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">
He has passed on?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Mother, oh mother!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">How can I say it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Your child is dead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA">composed:
11.11.2007 [johannesburg, south africa under new apartheid]. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">[] Acknowledgements: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Oh
Mother!</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> was previously
published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/12/oh-mother.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/12/oh-mother.html</a></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
(08.12.2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p44, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86068273"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-16310459217464011902015-12-01T11:02:00.001-08:002021-11-15T04:41:50.036-08:00APPLICATION FOR PILGRIMAGE<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">AN
APPLICATION TO GO ON THE PILGRIMAGE <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
<b><span style="color: #3333ff;">Farouk Asvat
</span></b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">These days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">You can go for hajj<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Only if you apply<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Via email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">And only if<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">You know someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who knows someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who is important<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who knows someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who knows someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who is rich<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who knows someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who knows someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">On the Halaal Committee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who knows someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who knows someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">On the Mosque Committee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who knows someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who knows someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">On the Hajj Committee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who knows someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who knows someone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Who knows God</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
23.11.2007 [johannesburg, south africa under new apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">An
Application To Go On The Pilgrimage</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/12/application-for-pilgrimage.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/12/application-for-pilgrimage.html</a>
</span></i><span lang="EN-US">(</span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">01.12.2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p43, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
by Farouk Asvat</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Sadness In The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks …</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short
stories)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The
House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Weapons Of Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (comparative
literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-78175280922681023862015-11-24T00:30:00.001-08:002021-11-15T04:25:43.557-08:00AN APPLICATION TO VISIT GOD<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><span style="font-size: large;">AN
APPLICATION TO VISIT GOD </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farouk Asvat </span></span></b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">These days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">You can apply<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">To visit God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Himself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">But no letters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">will be accepted<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">And no telephone calls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">will be answered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Because<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">You can contact God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Only via the internet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Making sure<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">You send cash<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">In advance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Via your local sheikh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
23.11.2007 [johannesburg, south africa under new apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">An
Application To Visit God</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/11/an-application-to-visit-god.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/11/an-application-to-visit-god.html</a>
</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(24.11.2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p42, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk86062758"><span lang="EN-US">___________________________________________________________________________ </span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
by Farouk Asvat</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Sadness In The House Of Love</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Gathering Of The Storm</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>I Dream In Long Sentences</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks …</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short
stories)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">In The House Of Love</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (novel)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Weapons Of Words</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (comparative
literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in paperback & </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ffc000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">kindle</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">@ </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">https://www.amazon.com/author/faroukasvat</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________ </div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">[] please check out my blogs @:</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">poems: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">weapons of words: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">piquante: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">piqued: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-piqued.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">streetwise: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">quran: </span><a href="https://quran-faroukasvat.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://quran-faroukasvat.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">quran lectures: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">verse: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-verse.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-verse.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">notes: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-notes.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-notes.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">biography: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">stories: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-stories.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-stories.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">reviews: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-reviews.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-reviews.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">books by farouk asvat: </span><a href="https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com/"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com</span></i></a></div><div 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Farouk Asvathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17417165751954425215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767555205942699164.post-88069333953874805242015-11-17T11:40:00.001-08:002021-11-15T04:58:45.242-08:00LET THE LAST DANCE LAST<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;"><span style="font-size: large;">LET THE LAST DANCE LAST </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
<b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farouk Asvat
</span></span></b><span style="color: #3333ff;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Let
the last dance last<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">On
saturday night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Let
life pass by<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">On
sunday afternoon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Let there be melancholy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">On monday morning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Let there be dervishes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">On tuesday evening<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Let there be angels<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">On thursday night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Let there be god<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">On friday afternoon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">But let there be love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">On wens'day afternoon</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">©</span><span lang="EN-US">
farouk asvat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">composed:
23.04.2009 [johannesburg, south Africa under new apartheid].</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">[] Acknowledgements:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">Let
The Last Dance Last</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">was previously published in:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt;">Goodreads</i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, USA, 11.11.2013) December 2013;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt;"> <i> </i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/11/let-last-dance-last.html">https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/11/let-last-dance-last.html</a>
</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;">(17.11.2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (kindle, 2015);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA;">I Dream In Long Sentences</span></i><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size: 10pt;"> (amazon paperback,
p41, 2015).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________________</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">[<b>§</b>]</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> Books
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Songs</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>A Celebration Of Flames</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Time Of Our Lives</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>This Masquerade</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short stories)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>Bra Frooks …</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (poetry)*</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">● <i>The Paanies Are Coming</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> (short
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literature</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> & literary criticism</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Symbol;">¨</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"> all my books are now available on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">amazon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">: in
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