Poem
Martin Reints
Autumn night
The uneasiness in my bowelsreminds me of my intestines
I’m lying in bed my legs itching
the spider sitting on the worktop in the afternoon
has dropped down into the sink
and is waiting
the rain starts to fall down onto the roof of the house
and the grass in the garden
one of the raindrops shatters on the washing line
another raindrop grazes
the refuse bin and dashes against a paving stone
another raindrop ends up on a leaf falling from the sycamore tree
and runs along a nerve to the edge of the leaf
and goes over the edge, lets go of the leaf and
goes into free fall once more and will
when the time comes
disappear among the grass stems, in a different spot from where
the sycamore leaf is presently going to land.
© Translation: 2011, John Irons
Herfstnacht
Herfstnacht
De onrust in mijn darmenherinnert me aan mijn ingewanden
ik lig in bed en mijn benen jeuken
de spin die vanmiddag op het aanrecht zat
is in de gootsteen afgedaald
en wacht
de regen begint neer te slaan op het dak van het huis
en op het gras in de tuin
een van de regendruppels spat uit elkaar op de waslijn
een andere regendruppel schampt
de vuilnisbak en slaat te pletter op een tegel
een andere regendruppel komt terecht op een blad dat van de esdoorn valt
en loopt langs een nerf naar de rand van het blad
en gaat over de rand, laat het blad los en
komt weer in een vrije val en zal
als het zover is
tussen het gras verdwijnen, op een andere plek dan waar
straks het esdoornblad gaat landen.
© 2010, Martin Reints
From: Lopende zaken
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
From: Lopende zaken
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
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Autumn night
The uneasiness in my bowelsreminds me of my intestines
I’m lying in bed my legs itching
the spider sitting on the worktop in the afternoon
has dropped down into the sink
and is waiting
the rain starts to fall down onto the roof of the house
and the grass in the garden
one of the raindrops shatters on the washing line
another raindrop grazes
the refuse bin and dashes against a paving stone
another raindrop ends up on a leaf falling from the sycamore tree
and runs along a nerve to the edge of the leaf
and goes over the edge, lets go of the leaf and
goes into free fall once more and will
when the time comes
disappear among the grass stems, in a different spot from where
the sycamore leaf is presently going to land.
© 2011, John Irons
From: Lopende zaken
From: Lopende zaken
Autumn night
The uneasiness in my bowelsreminds me of my intestines
I’m lying in bed my legs itching
the spider sitting on the worktop in the afternoon
has dropped down into the sink
and is waiting
the rain starts to fall down onto the roof of the house
and the grass in the garden
one of the raindrops shatters on the washing line
another raindrop grazes
the refuse bin and dashes against a paving stone
another raindrop ends up on a leaf falling from the sycamore tree
and runs along a nerve to the edge of the leaf
and goes over the edge, lets go of the leaf and
goes into free fall once more and will
when the time comes
disappear among the grass stems, in a different spot from where
the sycamore leaf is presently going to land.
© 2011, John Irons
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