Tuesday 30 May 2017

verblind

wat sal gebeur as ek 
al my metafore in 
die smeltkroes gooi?

een goudrooi stuk gedig

borrel en stoom 
soos kokende lawa

met my tong breek ek 

die keramiek-dop oop
sodat die blinke gietsels
selfs die son sal verblind

* * *

what will happen if i throw
all my metaphors in
the crucible?

one piece of golden-red poetry
bubble and steam
like boiling lava

with my tongue i break
the ceramic shell
so that the shining castlings
will blind even the sun

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