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John Kinsella
Penillion for Pussy Riot
PENILLION VOOR PUSSY RIOT
Schijnvaders maaienTrots weg, graaien
Zakken vol geld
Vragen snel-snel
Aan dode zielen
Alles te betalen
Weg met vrijheid!
‘Veiligheid’
Is slavernij
Van ’t koninkrijk
Op aarde: dikke
Knuppels wrikken
Penetratie
Tot heil van de natie
Van God de Vader
Om Moeder te sarren.
Schud, ratel, rol.
Kus heilig symbool:
Zo stoot verering
Als een bezwering
De zelfverklaarde
God van zijn troon,
Meester icoon
En zijn dienaren.
© Vertaling: 2017, Maarten Elzinga
Penillion for Pussy Riot
Faux fathers takePride away, rake
In the money
Quick fast and pray
Dead souls to make
The count, forsake
Their liberty.
‘Security’
Is the serfdom
Of the kingdom
On earth: weapons-
Grade big truncheon
Penetration
To boost nation
Of God Father
To spite Mother.
Shake, rattle, roll.
Kiss sacred scroll
As if worship
Is the fillip
To topple self-
Styled god Himself,
Master icon
And his henchmen.
From: Selected Poems
Publisher: Picador, London
Publisher: Picador, London
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Penillion for Pussy Riot
Faux fathers takePride away, rake
In the money
Quick fast and pray
Dead souls to make
The count, forsake
Their liberty.
‘Security’
Is the serfdom
Of the kingdom
On earth: weapons-
Grade big truncheon
Penetration
To boost nation
Of God Father
To spite Mother.
Shake, rattle, roll.
Kiss sacred scroll
As if worship
Is the fillip
To topple self-
Styled god Himself,
Master icon
And his henchmen.
From: Selected Poems
Penillion for Pussy Riot
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