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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=397614" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>At Springs</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am trying to get a job<br>at Springs<br>and wonder why people live here<br>away from Johannesburg<br>and Pretoria</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and what fountains<br>spring out at this place<br>and all that I find<br>is rotten smells<br>rising from the Blesbok river<br>where sewerage is flowing in freely.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The town lies stretched out<br>up to Brakpan<br>and has two internet cafés<br>that I know about<br>and a computer shop<br>where the people <br>know less about computers than I</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and my animals<br>may not come into the house<br>and I must explain why<br>they are barking at the gate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One of my cats<br>Lurks in the a storm water drain<br>against the road</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and I am tired and fed up<br>with lifting concrete blocks<br>with a crowbar<br>to free the Persian cat<br>on his cries for help.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The mines are stripped bare<br>and at places there are pans<br>with poison <br>that has accumulated there for years</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and at times there are friendly neighbours<br>with whom I talk<br>and virtually every second day<br>the weather is overcast<br>with falling rain<br>and thunderbolts<br>hitting outside around my animals</div><div style="margin:10px 0">but mother’s garden<br>is a real idyllic spot<br>with hollyhocks bursting out pink<br>over fallen trees<br>in a rock garden, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">geraniums of all colours<br>growing very rampant, <br>flame lilies blooming orange, <br>morning glories coming up anywhere<br>and a much larger vegetable garden<br>than I could plant in Pretoria</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and over the yard<br>the Creator spreads His hand<br>and there are new flowers<br>sprouting almost every day</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and I am astonished<br>at how easy<br>things grow here<br>and how high<br>the plants are suddenly</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and the yard is so big<br>that the animals<br>almost play in a field<br>and it’s actually past lovely<br>to stay for a time<br>with my mother <br>as she loves me very much.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q>
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at Springs
and wonder why people live here
away from Johannesburg
and Pretoria

and what fountains
spring out at this place
and all that I find
is rotten smells
rising from the Blesbok river
where sewerage is flowing in fr..."></div>
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