Poem
Kira Wuck
Hanoi
In a cheap hotel where the walls move along with youcats stare feverishly out of their eyes
they rub against the guests to make them stay longer
it’s always others who bring the cold inside with them
a young man who doesn’t leave his room
thinks that the world is running out of his fingers
fields drift by
he’s been lying like that for twenty-one days
he dreams of cutting himself out of photographs
in a country where the sky is black and opium comes cheap
© Translation: 2019, Kira Wuck
Hanoi
Hanoi
In een goedkoop hotel, waar de muren met je meebewegenkijken katten koortsachtig uit hun ogen
ze geven de gasten kopjes zodat ze langer blijven
het zijn altijd anderen die kou mee naar binnen dragen
een jonge man die zijn kamer niet verlaat
denkt dat de wereld uit zijn vingers loopt
weilanden drijven voorbij
zo ligt hij al eenentwintig dagen
hij droomt ervan zichzelf uit foto’s te knippen
in een land waar de lucht zwart is en opium niet duur
© 2018, Kira Wuck
From: De zee heeft honger
Publisher: Uitgeverij Podium, Amsterdam
From: De zee heeft honger
Publisher: Uitgeverij Podium, Amsterdam
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Hanoi
In a cheap hotel where the walls move along with youcats stare feverishly out of their eyes
they rub against the guests to make them stay longer
it’s always others who bring the cold inside with them
a young man who doesn’t leave his room
thinks that the world is running out of his fingers
fields drift by
he’s been lying like that for twenty-one days
he dreams of cutting himself out of photographs
in a country where the sky is black and opium comes cheap
© 2019, Kira Wuck
From: De zee heeft honger
From: De zee heeft honger
Hanoi
In a cheap hotel where the walls move along with youcats stare feverishly out of their eyes
they rub against the guests to make them stay longer
it’s always others who bring the cold inside with them
a young man who doesn’t leave his room
thinks that the world is running out of his fingers
fields drift by
he’s been lying like that for twenty-one days
he dreams of cutting himself out of photographs
in a country where the sky is black and opium comes cheap
© 2019, Kira Wuck
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