(with apologies to fanie olivier) br br Already early in May you can feel the wind gallop, br it is already cutting icily from twelve o’clock br and blows sand br leaves and old plastic bags sky-high. br br Across the street the neighbour’s drain is overflowing br and sewerage flows along at the end of the yard, br while the other neighbour’s wife forwardly winks at me br and she’s a flamboyant girl, br br her husband is well built and somewhat angry br and she has got a teenage daughter, who draws attention like her mother, br dressing at times somewhat nakedly, br while the neighbour comforts himself with bottles of brandy, br br sometimes wanting to know about his wife’s wiles from me, br when I see pain and grief eating at him. br br [Reference: “winter” by fanie olivier.