DIE GRAFIFITI / TATTOO MIX
© Farouk Asvat
Come in
Come in
Come in
To the delights of life,
My flen'.
[] GRAFFITI
● BORN TO
SUFFER!
is tattooed on our broken walls
graffitied on our broken bodies
● BORN TO
STRUGGLE!
is the neon sign of our lives
confronting itself philosophically
in scarred tattoos and broken
graffiti
on unwashed skins
and unplastered walls
● BORN TO
FIGHT!
is the only weed
that survives in our townships
flaming red leaves like open wounds
fiery brown stems like itchy rifles
shiny black badges like proud scars
miraculously growing
in our famished gardens
● FREE MANDELA!
> with every box
of kellog's rice krispies
● THIS NELSON IS NOT A
SEAGULL!
> He's a Jailbird
> > he's an albatross around pw's neck
● BIKO LIVES!
> shame they had to
bury him
● ONE AZANIA! ONE NATION!
> one hamburger
> > One Samoosa!
● BLACK POWER WASHES OUT STEYNS!
> hanging
● NATIONAL DETAINEE'S ↑
DAY!
● FREEze ALL DETAINEES!
● TROOPS OUT!!!
> okay okay,
don't shout
● DIAL AK-47 FOR A REVOLUTION!
● ring AMANDLA AWETHU!
for a good time!
> phone me @
4-2-4 or 3-2-3
> ERECTION!
● ONE MAN + ONE VOTE = ONE ELECTION!
● CONTRACEPTIVES SHOULD BE USED
ON EVERY CONCEIVABLE OCCASION!
● DON'T
WOMANIZE!
> economize!
> CONDOMIZE
>> CONDO-mize, man!
●
APARTAID'S 100% FATAL!
● BOTHA HAS AIDS!
> Rajbansi
>> & Hendrickse
● I HAVE
HALF A MIND TO JOIN THE BROEDERBOND!
> that's all you need!
> one
ballot
● ONE SETTLER! ONE BULLET!
>> one blanket
>>> one
banquet
● GEORGIO
ARMANI!
> AWETHU!
● a headline you missed out on:
DONALD DUCK FLIES TO LUSAKA
TO MEET ANC
• SA Reality Review (01.06.1986)
[] GRAFFITItti
● dagga en poes
het my lewe verwoes
●
SHOWING SOON!
amaMADOOS
starring p w botha
COMING NEXT!
amaDOOS
TOO
starring buthelezi, matanzima &
mangope
● KIES 'N DOOS:
MANDELA [X]
DE
KLERK [X]
dankie!
dankie!
● Moenie Worral nie
die liewe Heunis sal sorg
[] TATTOO'd ALL OVER
● YOU
LOOKING AT ME?
> is tattooed on my forehead
● IN
> is tattooed on my right earlobe
● OUT
> is tattooed on my left earlobe
● CUT ON
DOTTED LINE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> is tattooed around my neck
● DOGS OF
WAR
> is tattooed over my knuckles
● SLAVE
CHAIN ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
> is tattooed around my ankles
● BORN TO SUFFER
> is tattooed across my chest
● LOVE
EVERYONE
TRUST NO ONE
> is tattooed across my heart
© farouk asvat
*
original composed: 1985 - 1991 [Cape Town &
Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new
apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
# The Graffiti / Tattoo Mix was
previously published in:
* Die Graffititti / Tattoo Mix was
previously published in:
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (piquant publications, p46-49, 2006); # *
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p38-41,
2006); *
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p34-39, 2014); *
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (kindle, 2014); #
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (amazon paperback, p44-48,
2014). #
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[§] Books
by Farouk Asvat:
● Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
● The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
● I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
● The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (poetry)
● A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
● The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
● Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
● The Paanies Are Coming (short
stories)*
● In The
House Of Love (novel)*
● Weapons Of Words
(comparative literature &
literary criticism)
¨ all my books are now available on amazon: in
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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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