streetwise: BROTHER!

BROTHER!
© Farouk Asvat

'I know my job,

             An' you know your job.
             But you know what?
             I'm going to eff you up!
             You, together with your brother.'

"Who?

Me?
Me, I don't have a brother, me.
My brother is dead.
God is my brother.
An' he is also dead."

english translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new apartheid]

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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT

BROER!

'Ek ken my djob,

              En djy ken djou djob.
              Maa' wiet djy wat?
              Ek gaan djou opvok!
              Djy, saam met djou broer.'

"Wie?

Ek?
Ek het nie 'n broer, ek.
My broer is sat.
God is my broer.
En hy is ook sat."

original composed: 1995 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new apartheid]

[] Acknowledgements:

Brother! / Broer! was previously published in:

The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p41, 2006);

Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p31, 2006).

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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