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POETRY

IN OTHER WORDS

FOREIGN DOSSIER

REGIONS

Self-Portrait

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Andries Walter Oliphant

Who is this bearded bum

In the mirror?

His face is a raw potato

If you knew

How foul his breath smells

You wouldn´t want to

Speak to him.

The rascal

The swine, the fucker

The good-for-nothing paloka

What a bozo the fellow is

A mugu, he smiles

Like a baboon

The idiot

See his broken teeth

His eyes droop

He sniffs under his armpits

He pokes a crooked finger

Into his soft butt

The chap is a disgrace to his mother

Poor woman

Who gave birth to a rake

A robber of graves

Pot-bellied, bow-legged scum

He goes through

The streets naked, playing

With his balls.

He is lower than rat shit

What a menace

Shut him away from the world

The turd

He fancies himself a poet

The flea-brained, big-mouth louse

Who writes his verses

In brothels and toilets

And wants to

Recite the stuff in church

This lay-about, vagrant, drunk

Is always pissed or stoned

He falsifies his portrait

This bearded figment

With his swollen head.

He´s standing in the doorway

He´s lying in bed

He´s eating a carrot

He burps

He argues

He sniggers

He does not speak

Keep him away from your pigeons

And your goldfish.

Don´t let him into your home

Send the dog after him

Let him flee into the night

Yes be cruel to the bastard

He deserves it

This humbug should be taken care of

By a hit squad

When you hear him singing

Lock up your cats

Switch on the radio and television

To drown his howling

Sound the alarm

Yes, don´t hesitate

I have seen him laugh

It broke mirrors.

On the day of liberation

He stole my clothes

The rascal

Is giving me a bad name.

Copyright: ©David Applefield, 2008. Legal Information

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