Hendrik Botha
Oct 18, 2020

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Poem: Umpteen emotions of the healthy and delirious

Overlook the self

Ignore yourself

Disown the self

Undermine yourself

Find the self

Avoid yourself

Fear the self

Love yourself

Enjoy the self

Hate yourself

Hear the self

Prim yourself

Doubt the self

Grow yourself

Wrestle the self

Thank yourself

Shame the self

Reconcile yourself

Account the self

Commemorate yourself

Recognize the self

Acknowledge yourself

Accept myself.

Photo of Sculpture by Antony Gormley (Early Blockworks 2001–2003)

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Hendrik Botha

For lapses in a past life my vocation is in education management; am now creating poetry for self-expression, meaning-making, social commentary and motivation