mango

die gedagte aan jou is
'n mango
wat so soet en
veselrig
in
my
keel
af
sak
dat selfs die slukpyp van my siel
smaakkliere groei om
niks van
jou smaaklikheid
te mis
soos
wat 
jy 
dieper
in
my 
afgly

graça

                       in memory of Norman Morrissey

your bedside lamp
made sommer with an empty
graça-bottle - 
the etiquette still in tact

my eyes linger on the subtitle
casa de ouro
house of gold

yes! i shout
gold is this house
which flows with
music and poetry
tea and honey

(mumbling aside: one day i'll unscrew
the bottle-stand,
fill 'er up with
your favourite drink,
screw it fast again
and flick the switch!
the heat will suffuse your bedroom
with intoxicated light
you'll get graciously drunk
without having a single sip!)

naaldekoker

die naaldekoker
kook kook
die lug vol
met trillende naalde
tril tril
die kwinkelerende vlerke
kwistig in 
die kwiksilwer-vlug
van sy lyf

sonder

photographer: Dani Debellis

sonder

water,

wat is die wêreld

sonder

jou genadelose genade?

without

water,

what will the world be

without

your merciless mercy?