of thorns against bare feet, pricking the skin
the brown skin covered in the protruding color,
the gaze
the areola, the mammilla
traditional reed dance the culture
turned into voyeurism, scopophilia.
what happens in between,
of cultured fetishes on colour,
the avant-garde le regard
& the pretentiousness of art,
the infinite pursuit of gluteus maximus
the motive for the capture of the Hottentot Venus.
what happens in between,
of concussing double consciousness,
vulnerable vernacular venerable voice
of the imbongi silenced.
what happens in between,
the pulps of wood turned cold white sheets
of terms and conditions,
the graphite and diminishing, power and periphery,
a thought
for the self-sacrifice of each use
the kind of altruism on the end of a pencil
what happens in between,
our rainbow in two colours,
the spectrum peculiar
a whole government attempts to hide
the jazz from the blues.
what happens in between,
the dark skin of Ocol
the inside of a coconut,
sugar plantations of Illovo
bitter taste the present day,
vineyards of Stellenbosch
the martyrdom
the grapes for bottled wine,
and that all too familiar red color protruding from the vines