Poem
Ronelda Kamfer
TERRORIST ATTACK
in a hotel room in Istanbula man pushes me to
the ground
presses my face into the carpet
and rapes me
outside on Taksim Square
a bomb goes off
I call my mom
and only tell her
about the one assault
the one she can watch
on CNN
© Translation: 2021, Robert Dorsman
TERRORIST ATTACK
TERRORIST ATTACK
in ’n hotelkamer in Istanbulgooi ’n man my op
die vloer
druk my gesig in die mat
en verkrag my
buite op Taksim
gaan ’n bom af
ek bel my ma
en vertel haar net
van die een aanval
die een wat sy op CNN
kan volg
© 2019, Ronelda Kamfer
From: Chinatown
Publisher: Kwela,
From: Chinatown
Publisher: Kwela,
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TERRORIST ATTACK
in a hotel room in Istanbula man pushes me to
the ground
presses my face into the carpet
and rapes me
outside on Taksim Square
a bomb goes off
I call my mom
and only tell her
about the one assault
the one she can watch
on CNN
© 2021, Robert Dorsman
From: Chinatown
From: Chinatown
TERRORIST ATTACK
in a hotel room in Istanbula man pushes me to
the ground
presses my face into the carpet
and rapes me
outside on Taksim Square
a bomb goes off
I call my mom
and only tell her
about the one assault
the one she can watch
on CNN
© 2021, Robert Dorsman
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