Thursday, July 21, 2016

wed., 20 july, thurs., 21 july, & fr., 22 july, 2016, 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 12th. St. no. 3,  a sign on a Kenyan lavaloo wall...]

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