i wanna be (Like Ingrid)

Ingrid Jonker, divine South African poet (1933 - 1965). Tinged with brilliance and madness. Adored and rejected by two writers, Jack Cope ('tried to fling himself into her grave'), Andre Brink ('said she drove him mad with love'). She loved them both 'at the same time'. Mother. 'Sestiger'. Rebellious daughter to Abraham-the-Nationalist. Fearless. She walked into the moody ocean and was gone.

day started

dust

dirt

i don’t like

cleaning           

sweeping         

                       

dot. dot. dot.     

                       

i wanna

make like a poet

a writer

like Ingrid

on the brink

in the ocean (just down the road)

b e c a u s e

She couldn’t cope

with dirt

the fuck you

of every morning