As die Cape Flats kon praat. Brian Fredericks

      Green Eyes

      en ander stories

      Human & Rousseau

      Ek dra die boek op aan my ma,

      Lizzie Fredericks

      Too many murders, too many funerals, and too many tears

      Just seen another brother buried, plus I knew him for years

      Passed by his family, but what could I say?

      Keep yo’ head up and try to keep the faith

      And pray for better days.

      Tupac Shakur, “Better Dayz”

      “We leave a stain, we leave a trail, we leave our imprint. Impurity, cruelty, abuse, error, excrement, semen – there’s no other way to be here. Nothing to do with disobedience. Nothing to do with grace or salvation or redemption. It’s in everyone. Indwelling. Inherent. Defining. The stain that is there before its mark.”

      Philip Roth, The Human Stain