Publication: The Witness Issued: Date: 2007-05-09 Reporter: Ben Trovato

Slow, Wet and Too Much Like Hard Work

 

Publication 

The Witness
Date

2007-05-09

Reporter

 Ben Trovato

Web Link

www.witness.co.za

 

“No girl with kaleidoscope eyes?” I asked, hopelessly. “No Lucy in the sky with diamonds?”

“Maybe an octopus’s garden, if you’re lucky,” said Ted, springing on to the boat and taking hold of the tiller, a position he refused to relinquish for the next five hours.

As we chugged out of the harbour, I tried to spit on one of the warships that I had unwittingly helped the defence ministry to acquire so that we might repel the Zimbabwean navy when they eventually come for us. Like my hopes for clean government, my spit fell hopelessly short.

With acknowledgements to Ben Trovato and The Witness.