17 July 2012

I'M SUFFERING!

I'M SUFFERING!  
© Farouk Asvat  

But madam, I'm sah-fah-reeng!

You give me the latest washing machine
and the newest dishwater
and the latest vacuum cleaner
to clean your big house
with the best bleach I demand
and the fancy dishcloth I order
and the expensive polish I need
and the swivel mop I want
to make my work easy
while I talk to everybody I know
on my latest cellphone

But still I'm sah-fah-reeng! madam.
Because I still live in my shack
and I still eat my barbecue
and I still blow on my plastic horn
and I still watch the male soccer players
play like the female soccer players
on my brand new plasma tv
and the latest home entertainment system

But see-ree-youss-leee, madam,
Can't you see?
I'm saah-faah-riing.


© farouk asvat

* original composed: 08.08.2008 [Johannesburg, under new apartheid].
# english translation by farouk asvat: 2010 [South Africa under new apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:

I'm Suffering! was previously unpublished in:

     Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
     Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p41, 2014); *
     www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (17.07.2012). * #

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the NOVEL Sadness In The House Of Love by Farouk Asvat
is now available on amazon: paperback @ $15 & kindle @ only $5
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the NOVEL The Gathering Of The Storm by Farouk Asvat
is now available on amazon: paperback @ $10 & kindle @ only $5
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the anthology I Dream In Long Sentences by Farouk Asvat
is now available on amazon: paperback @ $10 & kindle @ only $5
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the anthology The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs by Farouk Asvat
is now available on amazon: paperback @ $10 & kindle @ only $5
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the anthology A Celebration Of Flames by Farouk Asvat
is now available on amazon: paperback @ $10 & kindle @ only $5
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the anthology The Time Of Our Lives by Farouk Asvat
is now available on amazon: paperback @ $10 & kindle @ only $5
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the anthology Bra Frooks … by Farouk Asvat
is now available on amazon: paperback @ $7.50 & kindle @ only $5
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the collection of literary essays Weapons of Words by Farouk Asvat
is now available on amazon: paperback @ $10 & kindle @ only $5
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© farouk asvat.  All rights reserved.

Farouk Asvat asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
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.  This publication shall also not be stored in a retrieval system.  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,
without the prior permission of the author in writing.
Permission to publish or reproduce the writings in any format can be obtained from the author.
Reproduction of this work without permission, except for scholarly & nonprofit purposes,
is liable to a payment of 10, 000 ren men bi or US$ 1,500.

farouk asvat can be contacted at: farouk.asvat@gmail.com

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_______________________________________________________  
[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT

I'M SUFFERING!  
© Farouk Asvat  

But madam, I'm sah-fah-reeng!

You give me the latest washing machine
and the newest dishwater
and the latest vacuum cleaner
to clean your big house
with the best bleach I demand
and the fancy dishcloth I order
and the expensive polish I need
and the swivel mop I want
to make my work easy
while I talk to everybody I know
on my latest cellphone

But still I'm sah-fah-reeng! madam.
Because I still live in my pondokkie
and I still eat my chakalaka
and I still blow on my vuvuzela
and I still watch bafana-bafana
play like bafazi-bafazi
on my brand new plasma tv
and the latest home entertainment system

But see-ree-youss-leee, madam,
Can't you see?
I'm saah-faah-riing.


© farouk asvat

* original composed: 08.08.2008 [Johannesburg, under new apartheid].


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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the NOVEL Sadness In The House Of Love by Farouk Asvat
is now available on amazon: paperback @ $15 & kindle @ only $5
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#faroukasvat #weapons of words  #comparative literature #literary criticism
#bra frooks #i'm suffering  


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