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Poem

Roland Jooris

HUNGER

Metaphor
                        muzzles
his mouth stuffing
itself with what he
heedlessly denies
the silence
 
His work is a gesture
that hews away at itself,
a speechless gashing in
still raw-boned
language
 
His baroque
strips itself bare
in his reluctance,
every letter is chalked
down
 
His hunger will rant
down to the bone,
fasting will exhaust itself
unto ashes
and into existence

HONGER

HONGER

Beeldspraak
                        muilkorft
zijn mond die zich
volpropt met wat hij
hardhorig aan stilte
ontzegt
 
Zijn werk is een gebaar
dat zich wegkapt, een
sprakeloos houwen in
nog stenige
taal
 
Zijn barok
schrijft zich kaal
in zijn weerzin, elke letter
staat bij hem in het
krijt
 
Tot op het bot
blijft zijn honger
tekeergaan, tot in
de as put vasten zich
uit in ontstaan
Close

HUNGER

Metaphor
                        muzzles
his mouth stuffing
itself with what he
heedlessly denies
the silence
 
His work is a gesture
that hews away at itself,
a speechless gashing in
still raw-boned
language
 
His baroque
strips itself bare
in his reluctance,
every letter is chalked
down
 
His hunger will rant
down to the bone,
fasting will exhaust itself
unto ashes
and into existence

HUNGER

Metaphor
                        muzzles
his mouth stuffing
itself with what he
heedlessly denies
the silence
 
His work is a gesture
that hews away at itself,
a speechless gashing in
still raw-boned
language
 
His baroque
strips itself bare
in his reluctance,
every letter is chalked
down
 
His hunger will rant
down to the bone,
fasting will exhaust itself
unto ashes
and into existence
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