Margaret Alice Poems

Westerse denktradisie, literatuur en aanames is
geestelik en filosofies bankrot; soos geïllustreer deur
die twee wêreldoorloë en die huidige wêreldpolitiek,
asook die samelewing gebaseer op die gebruik van
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Under pain of death, under all manner
of provocation and threat in the red
fire burning of aversive motivation
– I cannot go on with this text. The
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Watched a political program called “Carte Blanche”
about crime in South Africa, about a club for parents
who lost their kids to violence
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One sleepy Nile-crocodile in the swamplands
of her office, floating about between the debris
of her documents; surfing the Internet to check
possible translations of scientific jargon
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I LOVE, ADORE – in fact, I’m overcome
by bureaucratic speak, I’m smitten by
what our administration has done:
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I shouted it on the stairs
I shouted it everywhere -
finished my presentation
my long Congolese
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‘n Suur Ozzie-onnie is ‘n wonderlike ding, altyd aan
die raas en blaas, altyd kwaai met my, deeske dae
alewig morrend en klaend in versmaat ook, polemiek
en repliek oor al die onheil van die wéreld waarvan
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This quiet moment of bunched-up time
has no more room for me, I look around
and see my book Spirit Communication
that has to be returned to the library; but
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In happy self-righteous justification,
Margaret Alice walked three blocks
down to Kingsley Building; invoice
resubmitted has been rejected
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- In die Tuisgemaakte Styl Van Die Wilde
Raubenheimers, Theunis Krogh -

Ik hebben mij een grote geest gevonden,
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