My focus is gone, gone, gone, curry and
spice, a lovely dish, attacking my brain,
lethargy and fatigue drive me insane, can-
not concentrate at all, must find a way to
...
Goodbye to today, nothing worked
everything turned out flat and grey
like the sky, menacing, tried to wake
up, overcome myself, staring at pic-
...
I have never been able to come to terms
with unhappiness, I can’t exist, can’t live
when I’m depressed, when the here and
now makes me unhappy, I lose interest
...
Nothing beautiful is ever lost, it lives in
our minds for eternity, the first time so-
mething happens it is already only a
mental exercise, however real it
...
Tiaan curiously regarded the glitter gel ink scribbles
in my fairy dairy and coolly remarked that the shiny
blotches and curlicues were impossible to read, I
burst out laughing, it is true, when held under the
...
I reminded her she was not around
when we were small, yet yesterday
before I’d even arrived to say goodbye
she’d already gone
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Alet, angelic being that she is, brought the DVD
now I can saturate myself in my memories, watch
Daan Retief give his rendition of a super-cool secret
agent, listen to Fanus Rautenbach’s amused voice
...
Brought my memory stick home
it wouldn’t open, cell phone left at
the office, library closed, a walk in
the garden, filigree trees etched
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Official documents, seeking acronyms to find the most
applicable meanings, enjoying the fun, ‘PNC’ mentioned
in the DRC* according to the Internet means
...
You know so many things intuitively, understand the kids’
problems easily, you always manage to explain problems
with feelings, when I felt sidelined in their lives you told me
to watch out for the surprise – and there it was, a small
...