Ismail Joubert Poems

Cat's small child cries
in the dark where loneliness hides.
Cat's small child beats
its breast in the soft
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Small round hard stones click
under my heels,
seeding grasses thrust
bearded seeds
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The leopard lay,
long and dappled, under the leaves.
He saw me when
I still saw only the leaves.
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Small bird in a bush:
cars in the street rush
past it like the Gadarene swine,
line upon line.
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