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Ronelda Kamfer

GOOD GIRLS

Good girls don’t join gangs
they don’t get pregnant at thirteen
they don’t wear tjappies
they don’t smoke weed
they don’t do meth
they don’t have sex with their teachers
or with taxi drivers
they don’t work for Shoprite
they are not the cleaners
good girls don’t live on the Cape Flats.

GOEIE MEISIES

GOEIE MEISIES

Goeie meisies join nie gangs nie
hulle raakie pregnant op dertien nie
hulle dra nie tjappies nie
hulle roekie weed nie
hulle tik nie
hulle djol nie saam met onderwysers nie
hulle speen nie saam met taxi drivers nie
hulle werk nie vir Shoprite nie
hulle is nie die cleaners nie
goeie meisies bly nie oppie Cape Flats nie
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GOOD GIRLS

Good girls don’t join gangs
they don’t get pregnant at thirteen
they don’t wear tjappies
they don’t smoke weed
they don’t do meth
they don’t have sex with their teachers
or with taxi drivers
they don’t work for Shoprite
they are not the cleaners
good girls don’t live on the Cape Flats.

GOOD GIRLS

Good girls don’t join gangs
they don’t get pregnant at thirteen
they don’t wear tjappies
they don’t smoke weed
they don’t do meth
they don’t have sex with their teachers
or with taxi drivers
they don’t work for Shoprite
they are not the cleaners
good girls don’t live on the Cape Flats.
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