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Poem

Jonathan Griffioen

I’m here have no extras slump against the refrigerator

I’m here have no extras slump against the refrigerator  
‘cause I have no future
‘cause you have no future
shortly I’ll have been awake for 40 hours
slide down the stickers
grindcore band logos
the vans-magnet
the heineken-magnet
the ashbery-magnet
the aesop-
the carson-
the carver-
the arends-    
the MF DOOM-magnet
the o’hara-magnet
that once fell and  broke   
scrabbled up on its feet dragged along
in the long shadow
of the herzberg-magnet

and I remember the society
that convenes twice a year
to drink vodka and orange     
for some freestyle gymnastics

ik ben er heb geen extra’s val tegen de koelkast aan

ik ben er heb geen extra’s val tegen de koelkast aan
omdat ik geen toekomst heb
omdat je geen toekomst hebt
ik ben dadelijk 40 uur op
glij omlaag langs de stickers
grindcorebandlogo’s
de vans-magneet
de heineken-magneet
de ashbery-magneet
de aesop-
de carson-
de carver-
de arends-
de MF DOOM-magneet
de o’hara-magneet
die ooit kapot is gevallen
opgekrabbeld voort is gesleept
in de lange schaduw
van de herzberg-magneet

en ik herinner me de vereniging
die twee keer per jaar samenkomt
om wodka-jus te drinken
om te apenkooien
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I’m here have no extras slump against the refrigerator

I’m here have no extras slump against the refrigerator  
‘cause I have no future
‘cause you have no future
shortly I’ll have been awake for 40 hours
slide down the stickers
grindcore band logos
the vans-magnet
the heineken-magnet
the ashbery-magnet
the aesop-
the carson-
the carver-
the arends-    
the MF DOOM-magnet
the o’hara-magnet
that once fell and  broke   
scrabbled up on its feet dragged along
in the long shadow
of the herzberg-magnet

and I remember the society
that convenes twice a year
to drink vodka and orange     
for some freestyle gymnastics

I’m here have no extras slump against the refrigerator

I’m here have no extras slump against the refrigerator  
‘cause I have no future
‘cause you have no future
shortly I’ll have been awake for 40 hours
slide down the stickers
grindcore band logos
the vans-magnet
the heineken-magnet
the ashbery-magnet
the aesop-
the carson-
the carver-
the arends-    
the MF DOOM-magnet
the o’hara-magnet
that once fell and  broke   
scrabbled up on its feet dragged along
in the long shadow
of the herzberg-magnet

and I remember the society
that convenes twice a year
to drink vodka and orange     
for some freestyle gymnastics
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Elise Mathilde Fonds
Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
Veerhuis
VDM
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