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Aase Berg

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battlefield molossoids

battlefield molossoids, gigant elephants, the smoke from war stallions, the block print from the chest supports and diaphragms, shivering clamp-thighs, inner muscles, sunk into seat –

the scale’s hard horse-throws ring out

red runs behind, in front of the eyelids

and it is night in Njutånger

© Translation: 2016, Johannes Göransson

1e 3 regels heb ik door laten lopen: (jw) battlefield molossoids, gigant elephants, the smoke from war stallions, the block print from the chest supports and diaphragms, shivering clamp-thighs, inner muscles, sunk into seat –

slagveldmolossen

slagveldmolossen, kolosolifanten, damp van krijgsrossen, blokdruk van buikbanden, diafragma’s, schransende klemdijen, inwendige spieren, in zetel neergezakt –

van de weegschaal weerklinken harde paardenrukken

rood stroomt erachteraan, vóór de oogleden

en het is nacht in Njutånger

© Vertaling: 2016, Lisette Keustermans

slagfältsmolosser, gigantelefanter, stridshingstarnas
rök, magstödens, diafragmornas blocktryck, frossande
klämlår, insidesmuskler, nedsjunken i säte –

tyngdbalansens hårda hästkast klingar

rött rinner bakom, framför ögonlocken

och det är natt i Njutånger

From: Hackers
Publisher: Bonnier, Stockholm

Aase Berg

Aase Berg

Aase Berg grew up in the suburb of Tensta outside of Stockholm. In the mid eighties, she was recruited into the radical group the Stockholm Surrealists, which she participated in for many years, and which in many ways shaped her aesthetics.

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It is a horse and it says No.

BIRTH RUBBER

battlefield molossoids

She knows

BLUBBER BITER –

I want to be a bird

IN REACTOR

She strikes back:

This is a threat:

My little girl steps into a room, any room,

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battlefield molossoids

battlefield molossoids, gigant elephants, the smoke from war stallions, the block print from the chest supports and diaphragms, shivering clamp-thighs, inner muscles, sunk into seat –

the scale’s hard horse-throws ring out

red runs behind, in front of the eyelids

and it is night in Njutånger

© 2016, Johannes Göransson
From: Hackers

1e 3 regels heb ik door laten lopen: (jw) battlefield molossoids, gigant elephants, the smoke from war stallions, the block print from the chest supports and diaphragms, shivering clamp-thighs, inner muscles, sunk into seat –

battlefield molossoids

battlefield molossoids, gigant elephants, the smoke from war stallions, the block print from the chest supports and diaphragms, shivering clamp-thighs, inner muscles, sunk into seat –

the scale’s hard horse-throws ring out

red runs behind, in front of the eyelids

and it is night in Njutånger

© 2016, Johannes Göransson

1e 3 regels heb ik door laten lopen: (jw) battlefield molossoids, gigant elephants, the smoke from war stallions, the block print from the chest supports and diaphragms, shivering clamp-thighs, inner muscles, sunk into seat –

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