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Putting Out Imaginary Flames - A Lament for Beauty

Writer's picture: Melanie BlignautMelanie Blignaut

flower bed filled with cacti and aloes

The aloe stretches her succulent arms

Enjoying the midday sun,

And the campfire leaves are red flames

Licking at the feet of the spekboom shrubs,

Like a picture in a gallery

Of the burning bush.


But this is not holy ground.


The feet come:

Black school shoes caked red,

Bloody dust billowing in low clouds,

As they stamp the campfire leaves

Trying to put out imaginary flames.

And the aloe loses arms

As the feet come down,

And the spekboom stems split

With a sharp crack.


This is not holy ground.


Afterwards,

In the quiet,

Too late the loerie cries:

"Go away! Go away!"

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Angelique Knaup
Angelique Knaup
Oct 28, 2023
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