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Augustus (Latin: Imperātor Caesar Dīvī Fīlius Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.
He was born Gaius Octavius into an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebeian Octavii family. His maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, and Octavian was named in Caesar's will as his adopted son and heir. He, Mark Antony, and Marcus Lepidus formed the Second Triumvirate to defeat the assassins of Caesar. Following their victory at Philippi, the Triumvirate divided the Roman Republic among themselves and ruled as military dictators. The Triumvirate was eventually torn apart under the competing ambitions of its members. Lepidus was driven into exile and stripped of his position, and Antony committed suicide following his defeat at the Battle of Actium by Octavian in 31 BC.
After the demise of the Second Triumvirate, Augustus restored the outward facade of the free Republic, with governmental power vested in the Roman Senate, the executive magistrates, and the legislative assemblies. In reality, however, he retained his autocratic power over the Republic as a military dictator. By law, Augustus held a collection of powers granted to him for life by the Senate, including supreme military command, and those of tribune and censor. It took several years for Augustus to develop the framework within which a formally republican state could be led under his sole rule. He rejected monarchical titles, and instead called himself Princeps Civitatis ("First Citizen of the State"). The resulting constitutional framework became known as the Principate, the first phase of the Roman Empire.
Actors: Ed Bergtold (actor), Ann Marie Yoo (actress), Charlotte Pines (actress), Katie Fabel (producer), Katie Fabel (actress), Katie Fabel (writer), Karin Ivancev (producer), Karin Ivancev (producer), Michael Raver (actor), Daniel Rodgers Melnick (director), Chris Critelli (actor), Kyle Blake (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Daniel Dasent (actor), Thomas Falborn (actor), John McKarthy (actor), Harry Marsh (actor), John Huynh (producer), John Maass (producer), Marcell Black (actor), Markus Oskarsson (actor), Christopher Bencomo (actor), Patrick Norville (writer), Michael Jonathan (actor), Lendell McGhee (actor), Al Bach (actor), Patrick Norville (producer), Bobby Douge (writer),
Plot: Augustus witnesses the murder of his slave master on the night he is given his freedom papers, which he loses running from the murder scene. He is shot by the killer and now finds himself on the run, wounded and with no freedom papers. He obtains forged papers he flees to Ft Dallas hoping Union troops will take him to Key West. Now he must avoid the killer after him and navigate his way to Ft Dallas with forged papers.
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Gary Weeks (actor), Gary Weeks (writer), Gary Weeks (producer), Jon Morgan Woodward (actor), Chad Mathews (actor), Chad Mathews (actor), Chad Mathews (producer), Chad Mathews (writer), Gary Casey (actor), Philip Klein (composer), Mike Lutz (actor), John Weselcouch (actor), Jill Rytie Lutz (actress), Damon O'Steen (producer), Philip Boyd (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Tarn Harper (miscellaneous crew), David M. Thompson (producer), Charlotte Rampling (actress), Jon Baker (miscellaneous crew), Anders Thomas Jensen (writer), Mick Hurrell (miscellaneous crew), Michael Medwin (actor), John Shrapnel (actor), Christine Langan (producer), Rachel Portman (composer), Ralph Fiennes (actor), Keira Knightley (actress), Dominic Cooper (actor), James Payton (miscellaneous crew), Jill McCullough (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Georgiana Spencer became Duchess of Devonshire on her marriage to the Duke in 1774, at the height of the Georgian period, a period of fashion, decadence, and political change. Spirited and adored by the public at large she quickly found her marriage to be a disappointment, defined by her duty to produce a male heir and the Duke's philandering and callous indifference to her. She befriends Lady Bess but finds she is once again betrayed by her husband who wields his power with the three eventually living uncomfortably together. Against this background, and with the pressures of an unfaithful husband, strict social pressures and constant public scrutiny, Georgiana falls passionately in love with Charles Grey, a rising young Whig politician. However, despite his ongoing liaison with Lady Bess, the Duke refuses to allow her to continue the affair and threatens to take her children from her.
Keywords: 1770s, 1780s, 18th-century, adultery, aristocracy, arranged-marriage, baby, baby-carriage, bare-butt, bare-chested-maleActors: John Thompson (producer), Fulvio Lucisano (producer), Hristo Shopov (actor), Max von Sydow (actor), Enrique Cerezo (producer), Ornella Muti (actress), Enrico Lo Verso (actor), Massimo Sarchielli (actor), Fernando Guillén Cuervo (actor), Giuliano Gemma (actor), Giulio Base (actor), F. Murray Abraham (actor), Dolph Lundgren (actor), Ennio Flaiano (writer), Suso Cecchi D'Amico (writer),
Plot: It is the year 33 of the Vulgar Era. The Emperor Tiberius is troubled by strange phenomena, an earthquake and the sky turning black as an eclipse. His astrologers give him fair warning: their omens indicate that the world is in the throes of a great upheaval and that old gods have been annihilated. A new kingdom is about to rise in the East. The Emperor calls Tito Valerio Tauro, the most prominent investigator in Rome, back from his exile. He was ostracized years earlier because he had discovered too much regarding the death of the great Emperor Augustus, the predecessor of Tiberius. Tiberius entrusts Tauro with a mission that will require all his talent; should he conduct it successfully, his good name will be completely restored. He must discover the truth regarding the death sentence of a poor Judean rabbi. His name is Jesus of Nazareth and they say he has resurrected from the dead. Tiberius is convinced that it has something to do with the prophecies and the celestial omens that shook the world some months earlier. Tauro is a skeptic and the only thing he believes in is reason, but a series of mysteries that will put his intelligence to the test awaits him in Judea. Nothing is as it seems in Jerusalem. Governor Pilate is an ambitious man, both discredited and treacherous, who weaves his way among the opposing Pharisee and Zealot factions. During his inquiry, Tauro comes face-to-face with individuals he has never met before: Saul of Tarsus, a valiant defender of Mosaic tradition and an unshakable prosecutor of Christians; the mysterious and nearly insane Judas of Iscariot, who is presumably one of the disciples of Jesus of Nazareth; and the alleged leader of the Christians, a poor fisherman named Simon Peter. They are humble and powerful men, belonging to one faction or the other, but who share one obsession: an idea of faith that the Roman eyes of Tauro seems to be simply incomprehensible and quite dangerous. He withstands this idea with all his might. He believes that Jesus is only a quack, some kind of impostor and his presumed resurrection must be a public hoax staged in order to exploit the credulousness of the poor lot, the first to be converted to the Christian sect, the followers of Jesus, nearly all of them belonging to the lowest social levels of society: fishermen, farmers, even slaves - all of them treated as free men. And the same holds true, more surprisingly yet, for women - equal to men in the eyes of the Christian God. One of these women who believe in Jesus will finally offer Tauro the key to understanding the mystery of Jesus of Nasareth's death and conclude the mission that the Emperor has entrusted him with. Her name is Tabitha. She is not yet twenty years old and she will unveil the mystery of love to the cleverest and most disenchanted Roman investigator.
Keywords: 1st-century, adultery, ambush, ancient-rome, assassination, axe-fight, barbarian, battle, battle-axe, battlefieldActors: Sharon Gee (actress), Joe Dator (actor), Tom DiNardo (actor), Joe Dator (actor), Joe Brian Schell (actor), Joe Dator (producer), Joe Dator (writer), Joe Dator (director), Joe Brian Schell (miscellaneous crew), Ron Voz (actor), Donna Abraham (actress), Darrell Matlock (actor), Dan Frick (actor), Donna Abraham (actress), Louis Menchise (actor),
Plot: Set just after Willy Wonka's death at 87, "Citizen Candy Man" is a mockumentary - a chocumentary - that imagines the characters from the 1971 cult children's classic "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" as they might appear today. First we see sad sack Charlie Bucket, who was promised the whole chocolate factory when he was 12, but was too timid to ever take it. Then we meet spoiled rich girl Veruca Salt, who has found other, more grownup ways to get what she wants, particularly from men. The two of them are locked in a legal battle over the Wonka estate, and both have reason to believe it should go to them. Charlie because he won the infamous Golden Ticket contest 30 years ago, and Veruca because of her personal and intimate relationship with the Candy Man himself. We also catch up with abrasive Mike TeeVee, gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde and gluttonous Augustus Gloop. Like Veruca, they all seem to have thrived in spite of their horrible personalities, and possibly because of them.
Keywords: 1970s, chocolate-factory, cult-film, mockumentaryActors: Ashok Amritraj (producer), Jeanna Fine (actress), Carlo Rota (actor), Ron Jeremy (actor), Sean Patrick Flanery (actor), Joe Pingue (actor), Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), Norman Reedus (actor), David Ferry (actor), Billy Connolly (actor), Don Carmody (actor), Willem Dafoe (actor), Gerard Parkes (actor), Robert N. Fried (producer), Don Carmody (producer),
Plot: Two Irish brothers accidentally killed mafia thugs. They turned themselves in and were released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God and started knocking off mafia gang members one by one. Willem Dafoe plays the detective trying to figure out the killings, but the closer he was to catching the Irish brothers, the more he thinks the brothers are doing the right thing.
Keywords: accidental-shooting, actor-plays-character-with-same-name, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, aerial-shot, african-american, air-duct, air-vent, alley, ambush, ammoniaActors: Joe Sheridan (actor), Corinne Jorry (costume designer), Alain Corneau (writer), Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte (editor), Jean-Louis Livi (producer), Alain Corneau (director), Guy Marchand (actor), Roger Dumas (actor), Sylvie Granotier (actress), James Gandolfini (actor), Sylvie Granotier (actress), Alicia Silverstone (actress), Alain Frérot (actor), Laurence Granec (miscellaneous crew), Raphaël Berdugo (producer),
Plot: Born in 1943 during German occupation of their French town, Patrick and Marie-José have been best friends; now teens, they experiment with sex, which doesn't seem to bring them closer. Patrick has also taken to American jazz, hanging out at a nearby Army base where he picks up the drums and comes to the attention of a Caberra, a brutish American sergeant who enjoys starting fights with Black soldiers. Caberra gives Patrick a drum kit, talks to him about life, and introduces him around. Patrick meets Trudy, an American teen who loves Buddy Holly. Marie-José is jealous and establishes her own liaison. What of Patrick and Marie-José's pact to be friends forever?
Keywords: barbecue, blonde, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, bronze-star, convertible, death, drugs, drum-kit, drummer, fistfightActors: Phyllis Townshend (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Lee (actor), Jason Robards (actor), William Shakespeare (writer), Richard Johnson (actor), Diana Rigg (actress), André Morell (actor), Michael Gough (actor), Robert Vaughn (actor), Charlton Heston (actor), Richard Chamberlain (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Richard Chamberlain (actor), Christopher Cazenove (actor), Eric Boyd-Perkins (editor),
Plot: All star cast heads up this 1970 remake of the William Shakespeare classic tale of the betrayal of the the Roman senate against their emperor, the plotting and scheming that led up to the assassination of the title charecter, and all of Romes' fickleness towards the events.
Keywords: 1st-century-b.c., ambush, ancient-rome, assassin, assassination, based-on-play, battle, battlefield, betrayal, bloodActors: Mary Currier (actress), John Carroll (actor), Frank Jenks (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor), John James (actor), James Conaty (actor), Victor Kilian (actor), Joe Devlin (actor), Grant Mitchell (actor), Paul Newlan (actor), Bert Roach (actor), Charles Ruggles (actor), Syd Saylor (actor), Esther Dale (actress),
Plot: A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town's doctor, wants her to stay and help him, and he and a macho test pilot who's fallen for her come up with a plan that involves the pilot faking an illness and being treated by her, with her uncle's "help".
Keywords: female-doctor, pilotFor more Military Campains of the Roman Empire visit: http://www.greatmilitarybattles.com/html/the_roman_empire.html
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Augustus Caesar 63 BC - AD 14 http://www.cloudbiography.com Augustus Caesar was the founder of the Roman Empire. Born in 63 BC, Augustus ruled as the first Emperor of the Roman Empire until his death in 14 AD. See a related article at Britannica.com: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/43047/Augustus All content is either in the public domain or licensed pursuant to a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Attribution: http://cloudbiography.com/attribution.html
Caesar Augustus takes the reigns of power in Rome
This is from the podcast series The History Of Rome by Mike Duncan. He currently does The Revolutions podcast http://www.revolutionspodcast.com/
Part one of my Ancient History documentary on Augustus. This part basicly gives an overview of his life before making judgements on his reign. Some classical sources I used for this documentary: Tacitus, P. C. (109 A.D). The Annals. Available: http://classics.mit.edu/Tacitus/annals.html. Nicolaus of Damascus. (1st Century B.C). Life Augustus. Available: http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/nicolaus.html. Augustus. (14 A.D). Res Gestae Divi Augusti. Available: http://classics.mit.edu/Augustus/deeds.html. Suetonius. (121 A.D). The Twelve Caesars. Available: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Augustus*.html. Plutarch. (75 A.D.). Sayings of Romans. Available: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/Sayings_of_Romans*/B.html. T...
Octavius-t, a beteges vidéki fiút harcban mutatott bátorsága miatt Julius Caesar azzal tűnteti ki, hogy fiává és örökösévé fogadja őt. Caesar halála után Octavius nekilát a polgárháború felszámolásához, és a Római Birodalom kiterjesztéséhez. Barátai, Agrippa és Maecenas segítségével a világ legnagyobb városává teszi Rómát, és császárrá koronáztatja magát. A béke fenntartása azonban nagyobb feladat, mint a csaták megnyerése...
Augustus Nicodemus Gomes Lopes nasceu em 25 de setembro de 1954 . Bacharelou-se em Teologia no Seminário Presbiteriano do Norte, concluiu Mestrado em Novo Testamento na Universidade Reformada da África do Sul, na cidade de Potchefstroom, após, fez doutorado em Interpretação Bíblica no Westminster Theological Seminary, em Glenside, Pensilvânia, Estados Unidos, e complementação no Seminário de Kampen, na Holanda. Tornou-se pastor da primeira Igreja Presbiteriana do Recife (1987 a 1991), foi pastor da Igreja Evangélica Suíça de São Paulo (1995 a 2000). Voltou à primeira Igreja Presbiteriana do Recife onde permaneceu entre 2001 e 2003. É ministro da Igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil, teólogo calvinista, professor e escritor natural da Paraíba. Foi chanceler da Universidade Presbiteriana Mack...
In which John Green explores exactly when Rome went from being the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. Here's a hint: it had something to do with Julius Caesar, but maybe less than you think. Find out how Caesar came to rule the empire, what led to him getting stabbed 23 times on the floor of the senate, and what happened in the scramble for power after his assassination. John covers Rome's transition from city-state to dominant force in the Mediterranean in less than 12 minutes. Well, Rome's expansion took hundreds of years, he just explains it in under 12 minutes. The senate, the people, Rome, the caesarian section, the Julian calendar and our old friend Pompey all make appearances, but NOT the Caesar Salad, as Julius had nothing to do with it. Crash Course World History is now availabl...
#Project requested by users VSGDestiny / PwnedByPineapple / MsCat510 / ArsinoeofEgypt / AtticusAmericanus PRINTS NOW AVAILABLE!! http://www.cafepress.com/maludwigworks Artist's note: This project was barely halfway along when my 2004 PPC Apple G5 blew out its last processor in mid July, and I found myself without a means to complete ANY projects for the next month. Fortunately, another MacPro from 2006 was available within our price range and was purchased and shipped in late August. This is the first completed project on the "new" computer. **As always, I have to emphasize that without a direct photograph of the person being reconstructed, there is a lot of room for guesswork regarding their appearance and I am no magician. I can only infer characteristics from historical descriptions...
Rome In The 1st Century - Episode 1: Order From Chaos (ANCIENT HISTORY DOCUMENTARY) Millions of people played important parts in the remarkable history of Rome in the first century AD. Head and shoulders above everyone else stands Augustus. Born to an unremarkable family, Augustus got a lucky break when his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, adopted him. When Caesar was murdered shortly afterwards, Augustus threw himself into the murderous mix of Roman politics. Allying himself with Mark Antony, they killed their enemies and divided the empire between them. Augustus took Rome and Antony took Egypt, where he met Cleopatra. This made him a threat. Augustus was not prepared to take any chances and attacked first. His army destroyed most of the Egyptian fleet and Antony and Cleopatra killed them...
Sources: Augustus Caesar, Livia & Tiberius, Vedius Pollio
Back with another series of historical commentary, telling you how Octavian - just a boy at the time of Caesar's death - rose to become the undisputed master of the Roman world. Reading taken from "The First Emperor" by Anthony Everitt, chapter 5: "A boy with a name". http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-First-Emperor-Augustus-Triumph/dp/0719554950
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLwuJKtrWhunGS5qz_dN5FUv7nuIH0FNI www.unique-interpretations.com Music provided by Michael Martinez (http://www.murdererbeats.com/) Images: 1) The Blacas Cameo of Augustus. Image supplied to Wikipedia by © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons. 2) Vintage 1961 edition of Robert Graves’ I, Claudius and Fresco of a basket of figs at Villa Poppaea, Oplontis, Italy 3) The deified Augustus hovers over Tiberius and other Julio-Claudians in the Great Cameo of France. Image supplied to Wikipedia by © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons 4) Livia and Tiberius statues at the Paestum, National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Madrid. Image supplied to Wikipedia by Miguel Hermoso Cuesta. 5) Bust of Augustus, wearing the Civic Crown. Glyptothek, Munich....
Beginning in the eighth century B.C., Ancient Rome grew from a small town on central Italy’s Tiber River into an empire that at its peak encompassed most of continental Europe, Britain, much of western Asia, northern Africa and the Mediterranean islands. Among the many legacies of Roman dominance are the widespread use of the Romance languages (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian) derived from Latin, the modern Western alphabet and calendar and the emergence of Christianity as a major world religion. After 450 years as a republic, Rome became an empire in the wake of Julius Caesar’s rise and fall in the first century B.C. The long and triumphant reign of its first emperor, Augustus, began a golden age of peace and prosperity; by contrast, the empire’s decline and fall by the ...
Caesar Augustus is a Producer, media developer and Entertainment filmmaker working out from Philadelphia/New York/Los Angeles. -Produces content for digital, film and TV platforms. -Manages brands, talent and and companies developing their concept, producing a sellable IP for networks and international sales companies. -Connects brands with sponsorship and placement opportunities. Augustus is currently Producing the relaunch series of "CKY", Camp Kill Yourself, a film series created by Jackass star Bam Margera and the CKY crew. The show, Directed by Joseph Frantz and Produced by Caesar Augustus will Air on MTV in late 2014 and is the highest paid show of the year for MTV. Amongst other projects, Augustus is currently developing movies and TV shows for networks and studios. He is co-pro...
Augustus Films is an innovative, motivated and creative production company located in Philadelphia, New York and Los Angeles. Our team is comprised of visionaries and conceptualists: directors, producers, writers, graphic designers, web developers, editors, animators, music producers, and voice-over talent. This professional team stands poised to take your project or vision from concept to flawlessly executed finished product. Our ultimate goal is to create fresh visual elements that have yet to be seen or done within the industry. We are ambitious creators providing excellent results for the advertising, broadcast and motion picture industries. Augustus Films provides full production service from the script to the BIG screen. We specialize in Tv. Film, Web and Concert HD shoots with crew...
Narrator Garth Collins performs a voice over for a film trailer for Augustus Films and Director / Producer Caesar Augustus. Voice overs and narration for corporate videos, medical narrations, commercials, documentaries, e-learning narrator, educational, training voice overs, multimedia, explainer videos and technology narration. Visit http://www.voiceofgarth.com for more details.
Imperium: Augustus is a 2003 joint British-Italian production, and part of the Imperium series. It tells of the life story of Octavian and how he became Augustus. Half the film takes place in the past (as Augustus explains to his daughter Julia how he became who he was) and the other half takes place in the later life of Augustus. The drama starred Peter O'Toole as Augustus, Charlotte Rampling as Livia, Vittoria Belvedere as Julia, Ken Duken as Marcus Agrippa, Benjamin Sadler as Octavian (young Augustus) and Juan Diego Botto as Iullus Antonius. It was filmed in Tunisia. The film was produced by EOS Entertainment and Lux Vide for RAI, Telecinco and ZDF. Information taken from wikipedia.
Voici en version intégralement française la dernière scène du film Nos étoiles contraires, dans laquelle Hazel Grace Lancaster lit l'éloge funèbre qu'Augustus a fait pour elle! Pour voir mon blog sur The Vampire Diaries: http://thevampirediariesfannn.blogspot.fr/ Merci a ceux qui vont y jeter un oeil
De grootste films zie je in augustus weer bij HBO! Mannenharten http://www.itshbo.nl/film/mannenharten_-76965 Growns Ups 2 http://www.itshbo.nl/film/grown-ups-2_-76538 The Hangover Part III http://www.itshbo.nl/film/the-hangover-part-iii_-76419 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone http://www.itshbo.nl/film/the-incredible-burt-wonderstone_584299
die stories wat ek langs die pad optel is kort en ek
vergeet hulle maklik jokes val in by 'n oor uit by 'n
mond word doodgedruk deur 'n sigaret en dan voete as
iemand nou weer eenkeer vir my vra waarom ek karre tel
gaan ek my humeur verloor daar's baie te leer in
migrasie die wisselende klimaat die swak geriewe die
kwynende voorrade dis eintlik nie nodig om dit te noem
nie want ons het almal dieselfde hande en soortgelyke
honde eintlik is ek die laaste een om te praat ek frons
daagliks 'n glimlag van afweermiddels ek ruik na sweet
diep in die winter en ek wonder waar die eende vanjaar
broei ek skryf alles neer en hoop dit vou op en vlieg
maar ek bly net honger en afgetrokke my broer skiet 'n
ribbokooi in die winter en later 'n duiker en beide is
dragtig daar's fout met die weer die wolke dryf
verkeerd die diere lam te vroeg augustus is warmer as
vantevore en steeds wag ek dat iemand moet doodgaan
miskien is dit my beurt daar's dan nog vyftien dae oor
en my regterhand is kouer as gister iets jeuk in my rug
en buite kwetter die verwarde vinke wanneer die kwik
dertig raak hulle nou neste in die ongesonde hitte maar
sit verwonderd twee dae later wanneer dit misre 'n die
karre ry verkeerde kant toe en almal gaan op die
sperstrepe verby vanoggend l daar 'n dooie spreeu in
die pad sonder rede netjies en geslagloos op sy rug die
mense hier doen inkopies en ek spandeer weer my ouers
se geld die gras ryp dood ondanks die hitte maar
skadukolle is lowergroen van my badkamerwater daar's
ongemaklike stiltes waar wind moet wees straatligte wat
nie werk nie en snags kry ek nie my rug reguit in die
bed nie as dit so aangaan gaan die somer vroeg en nat
kom in donderstorms en vloede en lank daarna sal dit
warm wees en droog en hoog en wit vir 'n nuwe bergreeks
en vlakte die sondagsrivier meander met geleende water
tot by die see en dan stadig teen die opdraand waarteen
motors afry en ek pitte in die emmer gooi en karre tel
die seisoene swaai onbeheersd soos gekneusde vrugte aan
'n tou orals vrot biltong en dro wors agter gaas terwyl
vure met nat hout gestook word ek neem foto's van
bergpieke maar dit bly deinserig en vaal en ver die
plaaswerkers werk vinniger en ons kyk gedurig in die
lug op ons knink instemmende vir mekaar en tel die
bokke drie keer om seker te maak ons honde l om die
huis rond die een oud en gek en blind die ander 'n lae
IK labrador vir ure sit ek in die sonkamer en kyk hoe
die son vuil kolle op die venster uitwys ek's op my
gelukkigste hier maar vanjaar klop alles nie hoe langer
ek tik hoe kouer word my vingers wanneer ek die tv
aansit lag ek vir die nuus daar's geen rede om karre te
tel nie maar dit verskaf vertroosting van mense wat op
pad is dis beter om net te sit en pitte in die emmer te
gooi as die jaartye verder handuitruk begin dit dalk
groei op 'n sondag wie weet daar's nog vyftien dae oor