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Aasvoëls bo Lengenhovenpark

'N Driebeenjakkals het ʼn lam gevang
By die laaste plaas voor Loxton se dam
Aasvoël wag vol begeerte op die windpomp
Aan stomende wolke hang nog ʼn klomp
En op wat nou nog oor is van telefoondrade
Sit die gulsige oë van witborsrawe

Kom pik aan die karkas, kom pik pik pik
Julle vreters van aas, kom pik pik pik
Druk jou snawel tussen sening en been
Jy moet pik pik pik as dit karkasse reën

Splinternuwe Prado het ʼn steenbok getrap
Op Williston en Carnarvon se pad
GPS gee koördinate van die feesmaal
Vir vos se kind om die buit te kom haal
Aan die lug wat oorkook, die verwagte aasvoël
En rawe op die koop toe voltooi die skool

Kom pik aan die karkas, kom pik pik pik
Julle vreters van aas, kom pik pik pik
Druk jou snawel tussen sening en been
Jy moet pik pik pik as dit karkasse reën

'N Middelklasfamilie het bankrot gespeel
In Langenhovenpark se beste deel
Prokureurs, ouditeurs en al die ander teurs
Vergader in dasse vir elkeen se deel
Die fiskaal fladder in met ʼn hofbevel
Wat die terme van die aasmaal stip uitspel

Kom pik aan die karkas, kom pik pik pik
Julle vreters van aas, kom pik pik pik
Druk jou snawel tussen sening en been
Jy moet pik pik pik as dit karkasse reën

Jou adres jou skakel in die voedselketting
Roofdier, aasdier, of prooi se nering
Oogtande, snawel of herkouer se bek
Pik jy aan oorskiet, of breek jy ʼn nek?

Kom pik aan die karkas, kom pik pik pik
Julle vreters van aas, kom pik pik pik
Druk jou snawel tussen sening en been
Jy moet pik pik pik as dit karkasse reën

Carrion Birds at Langenhoven Park

A three-legged jackal has caught a lamb
At the last farm before Loxton’s dam
Vultures await on the windmill with eager eyes
Clumps of clouds still hang in the steaming skies
And on what remains of telephone lines
White-breasted ravens sit with greedy shines

Come and peck at the carcass, come peck peck peck
You devourers of carrion, come peck peck peck
Shove your beaks between sinew and bone
You must peck peck peck when carcasses have flown

A brand-new Prado has run over a steenbok
On the road between Williston and Carnarvon
GPS gives coordinates of the feast
For a fox’s cub to come and feed
In the boiling sky, the expected vultures
And ravens complete the class

Come and peck at the carcass, come peck peck peck
You devourers of carrion, come peck peck peck
Shove your beaks between sinew and bone
You must peck peck peck when carcasses have flown

A middle-class family has gone bankrupt
In the best part of Langenhoven Park
Attorneys, auditors and all their likes
Gather like badgers to feast on the night
The fiscal shrike flutters in with a court order
Which spells out the terms of the carrion feast

Come and peck at the carcass, come peck peck peck
You devourers of carrion, come peck peck peck
Shove your beaks between sinew and bone
You must peck peck peck when carcasses have flown

Your address determines you in the food chain
Predator, scavenger, or prey’s domain
Canines, beaks or herbivores’ mouths
Do you peck at the leftovers, or do you break necks?

Come and peck at the carcass, come peck peck peck
You devourers of carrion, come peck peck peck
Shove your beaks between sinew and bone
You must peck peck peck when carcasses have flown