streetwise: I HEAR THE PAIN

I HEAR THE PAIN
© Farouk Asvat

I hear the pain

Inside my stomach

It is a crying pain

A pulling pain
An a'che-ing pain
Since the time of long ago

I hear him

Pulling on my vein
I hear him
Knocking on my brain
I hear him
Coming on the next train

I see him

Lightning flashes in the rain
Fire burning on the plain
Water running down the drain
A slow train running in the brain

It is about a long time

He stays with me
This pain

She is always there

Sleeping with me
Caressing me
Embracing me
Cuddling me to death

Whenever I wake up
He is always there
My reliable
Trustworthy
Faithful
Dependable
Pain

Like friendly fire on the plain

An express train running in the brain
A burning bullet through the brain

composed 1995 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new apartheid]

[] Acknowledgements:

I Hear The Pain was previously published in:

The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p53, 2006).

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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT

Bra Frooks is ...

                                [] nes 'n skollie
                                [] 'n egte skollie
                                [] 'n tsotsi
                                [] a real scamp
                                [] streetwise
                                [] the jokerman

Bra Frooks ...

                                [] praat soos 'n skollie
                                [] wietie soos 'n joster
                                [] wietie what-what
                                [] tunes like a durbanite
                                [] speaks like an englishman

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