Poem
Philip Nikolayev
FACTS OF LIFE
LEVENSFEITEN
Blad bij de vleetveelheid van leed,
een dievenkeet –
dit in overdaad,
een wereldwijd kwaad,
waar je gaat of staat.
En als je nooit dacht
dat het einde wacht,
dan dacht je halfzacht.
De beleidslijn bindt,
onontkoombaar bewind,
hoe je dat ook vindt.
© Vertaling: 2014, Jabik Veenbaas
FACTS OF LIFE
Big fiefdoms of leaves,beehives of griefs,
companies of thieves—
conglomerates of these,
a worldwide disease,
are anywhere you breathe.
If you haven’t yet thought
that you are sold and bought,
you haven’t thought aught.
The policy is signed,
now it can only bind,
whether or not you mind.
© 2006, Philip Nikolayev
From: Letters from Aldenderry
Publisher: Salt Publishing, Norfolk
From: Letters from Aldenderry
Publisher: Salt Publishing, Norfolk
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FACTS OF LIFE
Big fiefdoms of leaves,beehives of griefs,
companies of thieves—
conglomerates of these,
a worldwide disease,
are anywhere you breathe.
If you haven’t yet thought
that you are sold and bought,
you haven’t thought aught.
The policy is signed,
now it can only bind,
whether or not you mind.
From: Letters from Aldenderry
FACTS OF LIFE
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