31 July 2012

CERTIFICATES

CERTIFICATES  
© Farouk Asvat


First she got 'er matric certificate
Then she got 'er marriage certificate
Then she got the birth certificate
All in one year, Auntie,
She is certified an' all




© farouk asvat


[] composed 1990 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid]




[] Acknowledgements:

Certificates was previously published in:

                The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p38, 2006).



____________________________________________________________
[] 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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