Poem
Martin Reints
Petrol pump
Stop the car at a petrol pumpso the petrol cap doesn’t end up too far in front or behind the dispenser
where you can see how much you’ve tanked
get out – is that called a dispenser – unscrew
the petrol cap
and place on some horizontal surface close by
get hold of the hose
tank until the pump stops
pull the hose a bit further back
keep on tanking till the pump shows a nice round figure
the wild west
the holidays of long ago
the future.
© Translation: 2011, John Irons
Benzinepomp
Benzinepomp
De auto stilzetten bij een benzinepompzo dat de tankdop niet te ver voor of voorbij het paneel komt
waarop je kunt zien hoeveel je hebt getankt
uitstappen – heet dat een paneel – de
tankdop losmaken
en op enig horizontaal vlak dichtbij leggen
de slang pakken
tanken tot de pomp stopt
de slang een stukje terugtrekken
verder tanken tot er een mooi bedrag op het paneel staat
het wilde westen
de vakanties van vroeger
de toekomst.
© 2010, Martin Reints
From: Lopende zaken
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
From: Lopende zaken
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
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Petrol pump
Stop the car at a petrol pumpso the petrol cap doesn’t end up too far in front or behind the dispenser
where you can see how much you’ve tanked
get out – is that called a dispenser – unscrew
the petrol cap
and place on some horizontal surface close by
get hold of the hose
tank until the pump stops
pull the hose a bit further back
keep on tanking till the pump shows a nice round figure
the wild west
the holidays of long ago
the future.
© 2011, John Irons
From: Lopende zaken
From: Lopende zaken
Petrol pump
Stop the car at a petrol pumpso the petrol cap doesn’t end up too far in front or behind the dispenser
where you can see how much you’ve tanked
get out – is that called a dispenser – unscrew
the petrol cap
and place on some horizontal surface close by
get hold of the hose
tank until the pump stops
pull the hose a bit further back
keep on tanking till the pump shows a nice round figure
the wild west
the holidays of long ago
the future.
© 2011, John Irons
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