Tonight pressure became too much, took
the nail clippers and attacked my hair - soft
and feathery, growing too long, I want a fringe
Found new anti-breakage conditioner turning
my hair into fishing-line, looking awful feeling
even worse, old-fashioned translators of
Boring documents should look awful, except
Hanlie, archangel, who always lights up as she
smiles , the only make-up that works for us is
The way we laugh about life’s absurdities, Jane
is astonished - our barbarian African ways are
too much for a refined English lady
She is not used to hard manual labour breaking
her back like the rest of us, our pioneering spirit
makes us tough
She did not know that backache and injury
form part of a Government Official’s life…
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