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DEATH OF A POET
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BY JAMES CLARKE

was saddened to read of the death And this verse, entitled Carpe diem, is
of an old acquaintance whom I’d about a goldfish’s world view . . .
greatly admired over many years
I– Gus Ferguson. He died aged 80 A goldfish in a goldfish bowl
in the city he loved, Cape Town. But Surveys the world outside
thanks to him, we keep on smiling... And feels completely in control
Of everything he spies.
Gus had a pharmacy in Plumstead
but his claim to fame was that he was He thinks: “I’m in my element,
one of the world’s great writers of My glass a faithful lens
comic verse – every bit as brilliant as That shows a foggy firmament
Britain’s Ogden Nash. INVOICE That wobbles and distends.”
Gus Ferguson
He was a poet, cartoonist, author, “An ever-shifting universe
publisher, scientist – and a long- personally Of ectoplasmic forms
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distance cyclist who, for many years, And catch them all alive. Beyond all known parameters
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did the annual Cape Town Cycle Tour. Of finite fishy norms.”
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Of course I use fine hooks and bait,
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He was known for his love of snails Good line takes the strain: “And yet, this mystic interplay
and wrote many amusing poems But since they are inedible, Does serve me with such love
about them. I let them go again. That I am blessèd every day
Bill to: With manna from above.”
One of my favourites is: To eat to suffer is our lot,
It pierces lips and gums Then there was a strip club for the
Many poems I have writ And rips us from our element snails in his garden:
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Extolling snails and I admit Until our saviour comes.
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I might have rambled on a bit. PO Number: xxxxx xxxxx Beneath the Agapanthus shrub
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But now my conscience tugs, He mercifully slacks the line, There is a Mollusc Stripper Club
Would I have done the same for Unhooks and sets us free; That boasts an act to titillate
slugs? His infinite compassion is The jaded snail sophisticate.
They’re both molluscans, both Our sacred mystery.
pathetic, Account: Your Reference: Tax Reference:
To shifting drums and throbbing base
But the snail is more aesthetic. Kyalami Estates Kyalami Estates A vamp comes out at sensual
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pace
He encouraged many aspirant In Lurex mantle, sequined shell
poets and was himself She weaves a concupiscent
published in Britain by spell.
Penguin. But poetry is not a
way to make lots of money. Unit Price Tax Reference: Explicit movements, not
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He wrote: R000 00000 R000 0000 But undulating Arabesque.
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Today I took books She slides across the flickering
To the pulpers but sadly strobe
They don’t do poetry. And, piece by piece, removes
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Gus was an empathetic man VAT 15%: R000 000.00
and understood the nature of Total: R000 000.00 To climax this erotic act
animals - fish, fowl or four- She makes her lovely foot
legged, he loved them all. I contract
cannot imagine him fishing And slips from underneath her
but the following poem looks Account Name: Kyalami Estates shell:
at the pastime of angling from Bank: Investec A hyper-naked Jezebel.
the angler’s point-of-view and Account: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
the fish’s: Account Type: Current Not every eye was out on stalks
Branch Code: xxxxxx Not every snail who d gawks.
I come to fish here all the time. A cynic gives a knowing shrug:
The fish are only five. Estate Office & Administration “She’s nothing but a common
I know them, each one, Tel: (011) 468 3001/2 | Fax: (011) 468 1246 slug!”
Email: info@kyalamiestates.co.za
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