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Poem

Martin Reints

Stay

This is a tunnel

now that you’re here
you don’t know yet where you will be presently
and already no longer where you once were

for as long as it lasts

Shakespeare was here
and Moses, and Bai Juyi

they had a drill with them
just like you
and provisions
and a miner’s lamp.

Oponthoud

Oponthoud

Dit is een tunnel

nu u hier bent
weet u nog niet waar u straks zult zijn
en al niet meer waar u eerst was

zolang het duurt

Shakespeare was hier
en Mozes, en Po Tsju I

ze hadden een drilboor bij zich
net als u
en leeftocht
en een mijnwerkerslamp.
Close

Stay

This is a tunnel

now that you’re here
you don’t know yet where you will be presently
and already no longer where you once were

for as long as it lasts

Shakespeare was here
and Moses, and Bai Juyi

they had a drill with them
just like you
and provisions
and a miner’s lamp.

Stay

This is a tunnel

now that you’re here
you don’t know yet where you will be presently
and already no longer where you once were

for as long as it lasts

Shakespeare was here
and Moses, and Bai Juyi

they had a drill with them
just like you
and provisions
and a miner’s lamp.
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