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Poem

Ruth Padel

FALLING

FALLING

FALLING

This isn’t happening

Play it down
Dress it in Levis or a babygro

Buy it a hamburger
Buy it a drink

Put it out with the cat
Make a credit card arrangement
With the taxidermist on Upper Street

Book it a package deal
Where icicles go

For their holiday in spring
This isn’t happening

And it’s doing it so fast.
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FALLING

This isn’t happening

Play it down
Dress it in Levis or a babygro

Buy it a hamburger
Buy it a drink

Put it out with the cat
Make a credit card arrangement
With the taxidermist on Upper Street

Book it a package deal
Where icicles go

For their holiday in spring
This isn’t happening

And it’s doing it so fast.

FALLING

Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Elise Mathilde Fonds
Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
Veerhuis
VDM
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