Sunday Afternoons

In dusty Karoo towns
Sunday afternoons are 
sentences of solitary confinement

Deserted streets
closed doors and windows
No sign of life

One wonders if the rapture
has taken place
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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January 21, 2016 at 10:19 PM
well done........skat
Gorelick Avatar
September 12, 2013 at 8:39 AM
Karoo towns..Ill check out where your from..like the poem very much..it did make me smile at the end. BG
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September 12, 2013 at 6:17 AM
wow, epic beauty.... deep imagery. .. you write well.i like all I've read.... always linda
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September 12, 2013 at 4:26 AM
- Touching and good written, Alexander ! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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