POETRY                                                                                               (Copyright - Pierre du Toit)
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Images in a mirror                                   

   

Grey surfaces
   
                                   in rectangles
                                     
shadows
                                      where no-one shelters
                                      sun
                                      where no-one warms
                                      a slumkid wind
                                      which kicks lost papers
                                      veinless eyes
                                      reflecting others
                                      figures
                                      slouching, silent
   
                                   maggots
                                      picking at the dusty bones
                                      of Jo'burg
                                      on a Sunday afternoon

 

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