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The visit

You were residing in Anne Fisher house
and I in Salisbury
at the private university
lying at the foot
of Helderberg mountain.

I bought a box of chocolates
early one night
at a Café in Somerset West
and they even wrapped it
and while the sun
was still high in the sky
I went to visit you.

The student on duty
called you
over the microphone
and suddenly you looked shy
but was quite happy
to see me.

We walked out on the ramp
leading to the foyer
and you had a white jacket on
and stood chatting
in the open,
and we were just
a guy and a girl
that was falling in love.

I could see the beach
over your shoulder
and the blue sea
but my attention
was on your smiling face
and your mesmerizing eyes.

You gave me a quick kiss,
just a peck on the lips
to say thank you
and my heart sang
but suddenly
a camera flashed
catching us.

A day later
I was called in
by the men’s dean
and he spread
some photos
on his desk
out in front of me.

There was anger in his eyes
and he said
that my ridiculous relationship
with you must end immediately.

If I went out of my way
to do something seriously wrong
I would have been able
to understand his reaction,
but for trying to date you
and for a moment
I was dumfounded.

“I have proof that you were
closer than three meters to her
and you even kissed her
and it’s totally against the policy.”

Before coming to University
I was called up by the military,
completed two years of service
and I wasn’t a boy
after seeing action in the war
in South West Africa
and in Angola.

I told him
that he just as well
can stop the ridiculous relationship
with his wife.

He was well built
and probably a fitness freak
and got up so suddenly
that his chair
went to the ground.

His hands was on my chest
and he rammed me
into the wall
pushing his face
into mine
screaming: “Say that again.”

My anger went away
but the calm was the same
with which I had faced
the enemy
and in my eyes
he saw death
coming on.

“Take your hands of me, ”
I said to him
and didn’t have
to say anything more
and he stepped away,
closed his eyes
and prayed for me
and then dismissed me.

[Note: The sun at times in summer sets at eight (20h00) in the Cape Town aria.]

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