In Westcliff Flats,
a poor township,
I found, at last,
a quiet, peaceful sleep,
hard to come by
in Fortress South Africa.
Perhaps, the dogs
had all been eaten.
Westcliff Flats is a poor township area in Chatsworth, an area of the port city of Durban in Kwazulu Natal.
First published in ArLiJo, Issue 36, 2010.
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