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Poem

Remco Campert

THEATER

I take you
backstage
where the actors pinch ass
play cards
read stockmarket quotes
stare at the dust
do yoga
cough behind their hands

where they’re between two lives
do not fulfill a single rule
and yet are in their place

On that spot
between coming on and exit
showing off and showering
we too belong

Bodies about to budge
mouths open to speak
but not yet . . .

THEATRE

THEATRE

Ik neem je mee
achter het toneel
waar de spelers kontknijpen
kaarten
beursberichten lezen
in het stof staren
yoga doen
hoesten achter hun hand

waar ze tussen twee levens staan
geen enkele rol vervullen
en toch op hun plaats zijn.

Op die plek
tussen opkomen en afschminken
tussen dollen en douchen
horen ook wij thuis.

Lichamen klaar om te verroeren
monden open om te spreken
maar nog niet…
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THEATER

I take you
backstage
where the actors pinch ass
play cards
read stockmarket quotes
stare at the dust
do yoga
cough behind their hands

where they’re between two lives
do not fulfill a single rule
and yet are in their place

On that spot
between coming on and exit
showing off and showering
we too belong

Bodies about to budge
mouths open to speak
but not yet . . .

THEATER

I take you
backstage
where the actors pinch ass
play cards
read stockmarket quotes
stare at the dust
do yoga
cough behind their hands

where they’re between two lives
do not fulfill a single rule
and yet are in their place

On that spot
between coming on and exit
showing off and showering
we too belong

Bodies about to budge
mouths open to speak
but not yet . . .
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