66
Ref Peter Lategan
Date 11 January 2026
Place Pretoria South Africa
Apartheid, too much politics
Ann
PhillMe tell the story
Phil: I have a discussion with Phil
Sophie ? marked
Dean ? marked
Samantha – single / casual relationship
Chris – single/ casual relationship
Christian change
What’s going on between me
and him
I still sit on table
and took my last bite of food - This I added (and placed my used serviette in my plate onto the knife and fork.)
he stands at the back of
his chair holding it almost
leans on it
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forward with his body
Dean in the kitchen opens the
milk bottle and is busy pouring
milk it a glass he took out of
cupboard
Sophie just walk into the
kitchen and said to Dean the
reason why you never ever will
lose weight is the milk and bread
after dinner
Dean said to Sophie but still
I am around Sophie said
it only for the kids.. Dean said
"realy" Sophie thinks for a few
seconds and said of course then
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p 66
p67
Ref Pieter Lategan
Date 8 January 2026
Place Prologue South Africa
Title:
also for your money, and I
can’t work
Samantha sit on the couch and took
off her shoes, complain “my feet
is swollen, I think I am getting
old
Chris laugh “you never to old
to come and join me tonight
Samantha laugh “Chris, you right
but you know I cat at home
Chris said "Bring the cat with”
Samantha said “She hates your
dog”
“Well I will get rid of dog”
Chris said
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Ref p66 p67 p68
Pieter Lategan
11 February 2026
Pretoria South Africa
I look at him and and he looked
out of the window to lights
in the garden, the curtains
still open
I change to AnnI looked at the empty plates
and at Samanthas wine glass
which she never touched I
think to myself I have to
give her juice next time. I
saw stand and
Chris still smokes
“What you want to say to me?”
is that I don’t understand am
I right. Phil said
He looked then back to me Ann
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Ref Pieter Lategan
Date 11 February 2026
Place Pretoria South Africa
Title: Style: Discipline
Ann just and still look
around on the table
She thinks, then the she
Ann want to say something
but you can see she give it
another thought
Dean put the glass
he smile at Sophie
Then Sophie stands
laughing “I heard of the my two
babies said to each other
the boyfriend don’t like
condoms, Dean then

P 71
71
give him a look
Sophie said to Dean “You daddy”
He then leaned back on to
the pantry cupboard
He folded his hands
over his chest. Sophie
shout loudly out of the kitchen
“We going” and left
walk to the kitchen door
Everybody shouted bye
except Ann. I look up to
Phil
Silent Monumentalism
Pieter Lategan
11 Feb 2026
Pretoria, South Africa
Ref to pages: p66, p67, p68, p69, p70

P 72
72
Ref Pieter Lategan
Date 11 February 2026
Place Pretoria South Africa
Title: Silent Monumentalism
Phil said to her
“I wish I could understand”
Samantha laugh “Bye
Dean!”
Christian looked at Samantha
and Samantha said “Come
over for dinner Chris”
“I will thanks. See tomorrow”
I am not a small
English to Afrikaans
dictionary on Ann said
References:
Silent Monumentalism - Process Register February 09, 2026
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