Staffrider Vol.3 No.1 Feb 1980 - DISA

Poetry/Sibasa, ThembisaGUYO BOOK CLUBDOGS CONTINUE TO BARKthey flock infaces like wallswith peeling paintfaces looking likehaunted gravesat phiphidi-waterfallsat thoho-ya-n^ou hotelboys and girls complainabout 'the look in your eyes'while pigs and people drink togethersome bubbling politicsan agent next to themsipping beer and lighting a cigarfor his drinking comradewaiting for the hotel to closeold-timers snore in cars outsidedreaming about a school-girl in botsotsowho never worries about a bedcoin and fuel papa hadbut down in papa's villagedogs continue to barkwhile a baby continues to crymama sobbing and weeping insidefor a habit is like a stubborn germNthambeleni Phalanndwa/Guyo, SibasaAN ASS-BEEHave you heard of it?It is an ass that works all dayFor a stomachful of green leavesIts ass-like ears are ideal for eavesdropping.As bees do,It flies from one flower to the otherCollecting nectar to feed the Boss.My brother, beware:For this bee like all bees stingsIts sting may mean 90 days or more in hospitalOr permanent hospitalisation.Remember, next time you go into the garden orparkTake 'DOOM' along with you.Sisters, don't wear perfume on out-door errands:You may be mistaken for a flower.The ass-bee, don't forget, is as wise as an assWith a sting like a bee.Tshilidzi Shonisani Ramovha/Guyo, SibasaTRAGEDYon second floor citadel/on existenceearned by partitions on the gravityof repression/we are given to bogamong stainless steel rape pork smellsection two nine mushrooms possession ofkoffiehuis whatnot/our fate tolls in thefabric of time/on second floorcitadel/benoni — then kempton park/thousands of men waxed in single tragedyModderbee PrisonJuly 1979Jaki Seroke/ThembisaSUPERMARKET BARGAINSwe sell the ecstasy of lekkerkrapin times of disturbances andcrucial challengeswe offer special prices forparalytics who seek adventurewe also have aspirins to killthe pain of 1976you can buy peace/we haveit silver-wrappedsale now on 'tillyour limboJaki Seroke/Thembisasinging of developmentsinging of developmentat ilmorogdrinking thengetaalong the trans-africa highwaysinging of developmentat sibasadrinking gumbuat thoho-ya-ndou hotelwith womenwho know their carsMaano Dzeani Tuwani/Guyo, Sibasa26 STAFFRIDER, FEBRUARY 1980