Unconfessed by Yvette Christiansë

Author:Yvette Christiansë [Christiansë, Yvette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2024-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

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Poor Johannes with that broken body of his.

You see. Johannes looked at the world and wanted it to be different, but also knew what was what. When Spaasie wanted us to remember where we came from, he said, you Mozbiekers make it hard for yourselves. You do not know when to stop. You hit your heads on the wall because you do not like the wall where it is, but wall has no thought. Wall is wall. And these people who call themselves masters and madams have walls inside them. Teach this girl how to live here, now, not like a bird born with two heads, one to look behind, one to look forward. There is no behind. This is behind. And there is no forward. This is forward. Teach her this and you will take the pain away.

Roosje agreed with him, but liked to tease him. When he said there is no behind, she hit herself and said, hey, Johannes, here’s behind, here’s a good gat, that’s all the behind I have. He did not like this, but he laughed. And Spaasie was cross, but she said nothing. She let them laugh at her. Sometimes, if Johannes was really cross about the words she wanted me to remember, if he shouted, give this up, she would tell him quietly, Johannes that is your leg speaking to you. Then he would go away, limping that limp and she would be upset with herself.

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