ARTIST : 3 - specular verse



contemporary Persian ancient 
blending intro-imagery with peach
                                    vulnerability            
identity a Khoisan outpouring on fields of Skukuza healings
whilst township dancers make their rites
              to bite presence on platform sites
              so will Gen Z’s make their 
 vibrant scratches on our rock walls
                   for Galactics to visit tall
courage was torn with rosemary bushes like
                                      biltong shreds 
                          ¥
he pierced her teenage framework newly     
                        smoothed with rosemary 
 galaxies watched in horror 
          scratched her legs with longing paws
                Gen Z’s roared their rage across    
                      the continent 
     she bit her presence into his poverty 
     townships waited in mourning
     her virginity ripped
     identity equals Acturian
             vulnerability is paintbrush memories 
             seven shadowy children 
             are to arrive crystal
             not through her uterus 

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