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after her husband was buried

great-greatgrandmother Betjie from Middenspruit

had him dug up again

and dressed in a different suit

‘suddenly I can understand it,’ my mother said

‘all I can think about is to dig

into that mound of earth and

keep going until I reach your father

until I reach where he is and

lift him up by his shoulders

the irrefutable thereness of him’