blaai jy my dat ek slem
soos ’n oosterse waaier
– frit –
knak my ken
jou tong lem
jou lem snit
my siel bloed
kersiebloeisels drup
my keel groet
“Vader vergewe,
en Amen”
... Sanko Lewis
Beloved,
Your hands are spiced with the clementines
you peeled for me this afternoon—carefully
so not to bruise the warm little fetuses.
After all, you have years of practice,
for that’s how you broke open my heart:
skilfully skinned the heart of stone
until you delivered my heart of flesh—carefully
incubated the blood covered newborn
like a clementine in your palms.