thurs., 3 nov., & fri., 4 nov. 2011, swahili words of prophets are written on lavaloo walls: give us This Day our Daily Curse

 

SWAHILI: Nenda kutomba. Nakata tatu. *   

SWAHILI: Asiyeweza kunya portini hana uhuru dunaiani. **  

     * )   “[Go] Fuck Yourself. In triplicate.”  — Swahili enconium, found at times on lavaloo walls ;

  ** )   “He who cannot shit in the woods have no freedom on earth.” / “Those who can’t shit in the veldt have no earthly freedom.”   — Swahili proverb [& per J. B. Rubin, in 12^th. St. no. 3, a sign on a lavaloo wall...]

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