It is November 2015,
I am struggling to meet
the deadlines of December 2015,
But they are already telling me
To think of October 2018
And a very long list
Of things I don't profoundly need
Hopelessly waits on the table
I must have a better laptop,
Then the latest phone,
Then the best toothpaste -
I must buy new shoes,
And eat more fruits,
And do more exercise -
I must socialise,
But I must also study
While paying rent, phone bills
and internet bills and transport bills
and friendship bills and education bills;
I must do this, and that, and that other
It is pressure upon pressure,
The weight of the head,
My shoulders can no longer bear.
The obligations of today
Are not yet met
When already at the door
Comes knocking a new deadline or a new bill;
It is an accumulation of pressure
And there is hardly any cooling off period
Friday, 20 November 2015
Négligée
Aux yeux
transparents,
Au Cœur sincère,
Elle n’avait
jamais tendance
A critiquer tes chimères.
Celle dont la
main infatigable
Retenait ton
esprit épris
Te remplit de
souvenirs inoubliables
Et d’un éternel
profond désir
En couleurs
toujours rayonnantes,
L’odeur charmant
de ses parfums
Rependait un
souffle agréable
Dont la sacrée
influence
Emportait vers
les séraphins
Dans un palais en
marbre
Celle dont les
paroles de sagesse
Etaient pour toi,
source de vie
Peu à peu devint
ta tristesse ;
L’objet même de
tes mépris.
Sa douceur
ressembla à une prison
Et, bien que seul
ton bonheur, elle voulut,
Tu méprisas ses
nombreux sacrifices.
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Make-Up
Compliments, indiscriminate
Found on external portrayal
Positive adjectives resonate:
Holy, Examplary, Royal;
None of the reports within the file
Has been put through a trial
Thoughts and intentions of the heart
Deeply buried beneath hypocrisy,
The brightest of lights cannot uncover,
The highest of voltages cannot move
Only you can know and tell
The elements composant in you
Long dresses swiping floors,
Fixed ties on ironed suits,
Polished grammar and structured thoughts
Society calls such, 'good', 'perfect'
Before long, all present an image
Of social expectations
And men are all but actors with many roles
Loud 'Amen' and joyful singing
Gets the title of - Consecrated
Modest clothing and scripture talks,
The desired qualification of 'holy'
So all attempt to conduct as such
And a bunch of imitators
Form the assembly of make-believers
Thousand many titles can man receive;
He knows alone how true these talks are
And how sincere these smiles and helps are
The meditations constant in his soul alone in the darkness of the night
When none is watching and none is marking,
That's what makes man - and man is none of all he is around men
Found on external portrayal
Positive adjectives resonate:
Holy, Examplary, Royal;
None of the reports within the file
Has been put through a trial
Thoughts and intentions of the heart
Deeply buried beneath hypocrisy,
The brightest of lights cannot uncover,
The highest of voltages cannot move
Only you can know and tell
The elements composant in you
Long dresses swiping floors,
Fixed ties on ironed suits,
Polished grammar and structured thoughts
Society calls such, 'good', 'perfect'
Before long, all present an image
Of social expectations
And men are all but actors with many roles
Loud 'Amen' and joyful singing
Gets the title of - Consecrated
Modest clothing and scripture talks,
The desired qualification of 'holy'
So all attempt to conduct as such
And a bunch of imitators
Form the assembly of make-believers
Thousand many titles can man receive;
He knows alone how true these talks are
And how sincere these smiles and helps are
The meditations constant in his soul alone in the darkness of the night
When none is watching and none is marking,
That's what makes man - and man is none of all he is around men
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