Poem
Ruth Lasters
SWIM
Every swimmer swims a sleeper furtherin the other, dark hemisphere. Each floating, each crawl stroke
increases a feeling of weightlessness in those who
nod off on the other side of the world. Someone must now say
that there are always far more sleepers than on the waking side
swimmers, so that it is only possible
if whoever boldly cleaves through water pulls with them
a gigantic imaginary bouquet of side-sleepers,
tummy-turners, back-liers. Somewhere then they must be received
with great consideration after presenting this fully stamped
swimming card.
ZWEM
ZWEM
Elke zwemmer zwemt een slaper verderin het andere, duistere halfrond. Elk drijven, iedere crawlslag
maakt gewichtloosheidsgevoel aan van wie
indommelt aan de andere wereldkant. Iemand moet nu zeggen
dat er altijd veel meer slapers zijn dan aan de wakkere zijde
zwemmers, dat het dus slechts kan
als wie dapper klieft door water een reusachtig
denkbeeldig boeket meetrekt van zijslapers,
buikdraaiers, rugliggers. Ergens moet men dus met erg
veel egards ontvangen worden na vertoon van deze volgestempelde
zwemkaart.
© 2015, Ruth Lasters
From: Lichtmeters
Publisher: Polis,
From: Lichtmeters
Publisher: Polis,
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SWIM
Every swimmer swims a sleeper furtherin the other, dark hemisphere. Each floating, each crawl stroke
increases a feeling of weightlessness in those who
nod off on the other side of the world. Someone must now say
that there are always far more sleepers than on the waking side
swimmers, so that it is only possible
if whoever boldly cleaves through water pulls with them
a gigantic imaginary bouquet of side-sleepers,
tummy-turners, back-liers. Somewhere then they must be received
with great consideration after presenting this fully stamped
swimming card.
From: Lichtmeters
SWIM
Every swimmer swims a sleeper furtherin the other, dark hemisphere. Each floating, each crawl stroke
increases a feeling of weightlessness in those who
nod off on the other side of the world. Someone must now say
that there are always far more sleepers than on the waking side
swimmers, so that it is only possible
if whoever boldly cleaves through water pulls with them
a gigantic imaginary bouquet of side-sleepers,
tummy-turners, back-liers. Somewhere then they must be received
with great consideration after presenting this fully stamped
swimming card.
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