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 was previously unpublished in: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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House Of Love by Farouk Asvat
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Asvat
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Asvat
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Asvat
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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
[] please check out my blogs @:
weapons of words: www.faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com
piquante: www.faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com
books by farouk asvat: www.faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com
[] also link up on:
linkedin: www.linkedin.com/farouk-asvat
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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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