Poem
Ruth Lasters
LAND
Can you save ‘together’? Can you by doing much intensely as a coupleprotect the other from the one-man cage between underground
floors? Say twice ‘of course’ and lay your head
on my buttock, casually since moments like this of wild spleen
return more often than not, down to the pore deposits
exactly the same. Only the gleaning of ‘together’ into a dam against
awful singularity may perhaps just once, when backs are languid and
are soft like land full of something further than
hope, full of beauty broken out of the most difficult thing like – you are mine –
tulip bulbs eaten in
wartime.
LAND
LAND
Of je ‘samen’ sparen kan. Of je door veel intens met twee te doende ander kan behoeden voor de eenmansliftkooi tussen ondergrondse
etages ooit. Zeg tweemaal ‘uiteraard’ en leg je hoofd dan op
mijn bil, achteloos want ogenblikken zoals dit van wilde milt
komen vaker terug dan niet, tot op de porieaanslagen
precies dezelfde. Alleen het sprokkelen van ‘samen’ tot een dam tegen
eng enkelvoud kan misschien maar één keer, als ruggen loom en
mul liggen als land vol iets al verder dan
de hoop, vol mooiheid uit het moeilijkste gebroken als – jij bent mijn –
tulpenbollen gegeten tijdens
oorlog.
© 2015, Ruth Lasters
From: Lichtmeters
Publisher: Polis,
From: Lichtmeters
Publisher: Polis,
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LAND
Can you save ‘together’? Can you by doing much intensely as a coupleprotect the other from the one-man cage between underground
floors? Say twice ‘of course’ and lay your head
on my buttock, casually since moments like this of wild spleen
return more often than not, down to the pore deposits
exactly the same. Only the gleaning of ‘together’ into a dam against
awful singularity may perhaps just once, when backs are languid and
are soft like land full of something further than
hope, full of beauty broken out of the most difficult thing like – you are mine –
tulip bulbs eaten in
wartime.
From: Lichtmeters
LAND
Can you save ‘together’? Can you by doing much intensely as a coupleprotect the other from the one-man cage between underground
floors? Say twice ‘of course’ and lay your head
on my buttock, casually since moments like this of wild spleen
return more often than not, down to the pore deposits
exactly the same. Only the gleaning of ‘together’ into a dam against
awful singularity may perhaps just once, when backs are languid and
are soft like land full of something further than
hope, full of beauty broken out of the most difficult thing like – you are mine –
tulip bulbs eaten in
wartime.
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