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Charlotte Van den Broeck
Fricative
One step to the leftand you fall off the page, lie there
out of sight, out of shot of screams and deceit
lie there among all that’s pale and asleep and not
to be written and stay
there, quiet and pretending
and reinforced along the seam
that runs between story and aorta
you still have to be so many people for me
you still have to
© Translation: 2018, David Colmer
Wrijfklank
Wrijfklank
Een stap naar linksen je valt buiten de bladspiegel, lig daar
buiten ogen om, buiten schreeuw en leugen om
lig daar tussen al wat bleek en slapend is en niet
geschreven wordt en blijf
liggen, stil en alsof
en slijtvast op de naad
die loopt tussen slagader en verhaal
je moet nog zoveel mensen voor me zijn
je moet nog
© 2017, Charlotte Van den Broeck
From: Nachtroer
Publisher: De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam
From: Nachtroer
Publisher: De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam
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Fricative
One step to the leftand you fall off the page, lie there
out of sight, out of shot of screams and deceit
lie there among all that’s pale and asleep and not
to be written and stay
there, quiet and pretending
and reinforced along the seam
that runs between story and aorta
you still have to be so many people for me
you still have to
© 2018, David Colmer
From: Nachtroer
From: Nachtroer
Fricative
One step to the leftand you fall off the page, lie there
out of sight, out of shot of screams and deceit
lie there among all that’s pale and asleep and not
to be written and stay
there, quiet and pretending
and reinforced along the seam
that runs between story and aorta
you still have to be so many people for me
you still have to
© 2018, David Colmer
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