© Farouk Asvat
I was only following
orders
My darlingI jailed him
For his own safety
I tortured him
In the interest of state security
I only killed him
In good faith
©
farouk asvat
composed 1995 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new
apartheid]
[] Acknowledgements:
What The Policeman Said To His
Wife was previously published in:
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p94,
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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