Aryan Kaganof
Aryan Kaganof's published books of verse include: "Jou Ma Se Poems", "Drive-Thru Funeral", "Tombstone
Dues" and "The Freedom Fighter". He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.
Dues" and "The Freedom Fighter". He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.
tu m'envoutes avec tes mots
I wrote the Book of Thoth
The Book of Hermes too
In fifty tongues they
called me Marduk
Aah babe, but
that was
before
you
took
your glasses
off and lay down
next to me. I sculpted
time slow motionally. I carved
a great wall of poetry In front of
a crowd of 47 hostile mutants armed
with buns, but that was all before you
took the band out of your hair and lay down
next to me. So here we are on a tiny little planet
we’re both re-inventing. I’m talking to your toes - they
talk in colours back to me. I can feel you and it’s been so long
since I could feel
I wrote the Book of Thoth
The Book of Hermes too
In fifty tongues they
called me Marduk
Aah babe, but
that was
before
you
took
your glasses
off and lay down
next to me. I sculpted
time slow motionally. I carved
a great wall of poetry In front of
a crowd of 47 hostile mutants armed
with buns, but that was all before you
took the band out of your hair and lay down
next to me. So here we are on a tiny little planet
we’re both re-inventing. I’m talking to your toes - they
talk in colours back to me. I can feel you and it’s been so long
since I could feel