Poem
Vrouwkje Tuinman
INVOCATION
There has to be a country where you’re not requiredto sit around in circles holding plates of whipped cream.
A place where the bored, those who do not recognise themselves
in themselves, can just become someone else.
You choose a date of birth, not for celebrating
but only in order to decipher what is written in the stars
a decade from now. Nothing is finished. No candles blown out.
© Translation: 2016, Vrouwkje Tuinman
BEZWERING
BEZWERING
Ergens moet een land zijn waar je niet in kringenhoeft te zitten met een bordje slagroom in je hand.
Een plek waar wie zich ook verveelt, zichzelf niet in zichzelf
herkent, eenvoudig iemand anders worden kan.
Je kiest een geboortedatum, die niet gevierd hoeft
maar er alleen toe doet om te herleiden wat er tien jaar later
in de sterren staat. Niets komt af. Geen kaars wordt uitgeblazen.
From: Sanatorium
Publisher: Cossee, Amsterdam
Publisher: Cossee, Amsterdam
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INVOCATION
There has to be a country where you’re not requiredto sit around in circles holding plates of whipped cream.
A place where the bored, those who do not recognise themselves
in themselves, can just become someone else.
You choose a date of birth, not for celebrating
but only in order to decipher what is written in the stars
a decade from now. Nothing is finished. No candles blown out.
© 2016, Vrouwkje Tuinman
From: Sanatorium
From: Sanatorium
INVOCATION
There has to be a country where you’re not requiredto sit around in circles holding plates of whipped cream.
A place where the bored, those who do not recognise themselves
in themselves, can just become someone else.
You choose a date of birth, not for celebrating
but only in order to decipher what is written in the stars
a decade from now. Nothing is finished. No candles blown out.
© 2016, Vrouwkje Tuinman
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