Lag

Ek kyk op as ek lag
van die pyngenot
om vreugde uit’e asem
effens te ruk
te voel en weet,
dis amper weg.

 

Dated ~ May 1991


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youth vulnerability transience pyngenot pain laughter joy impermanence early work circa 1990 bittersweet Afrikaans

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