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Poem

Lies Van Gasse

INTO YOUR HAIR I LOOSED

, into your hair I loosed a Japanese cherry tree

and in the years when we will leave this house,
never to return, encounters flourish,
acquaintances unfurl.

On every street corner you have met me anew.

Away we fly, over streets, gardens,
further and further from the buds
to transform into who we are.

IN JE HAAR LIET IK

, in je haar liet ik een Japanse kerselaar los

en in de jaren waarin we dit huis zullen verlaten,
niet zullen terugkeren, bloeien ontmoetingen op,
ontbotten bekenden.

Op elke straathoek heb je mij opnieuw ontmoet.

Weg vliegen we, over straten, tuinen,
steeds verder van de knoppen
om te veranderen in wie we zijn.
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INTO YOUR HAIR I LOOSED

, into your hair I loosed a Japanese cherry tree

and in the years when we will leave this house,
never to return, encounters flourish,
acquaintances unfurl.

On every street corner you have met me anew.

Away we fly, over streets, gardens,
further and further from the buds
to transform into who we are.

INTO YOUR HAIR I LOOSED

, into your hair I loosed a Japanese cherry tree

and in the years when we will leave this house,
never to return, encounters flourish,
acquaintances unfurl.

On every street corner you have met me anew.

Away we fly, over streets, gardens,
further and further from the buds
to transform into who we are.
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