Poem
Judith Herzberg
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\'I\'ll speak a basic English:
You cold, warm, hunger have?
You university - oh - yes.
Where? Where is that? No,
sorry, far away, for me.
You can be quiet now.
Your troubles over.
They don\'t come here
they don\'t come back
to get you. Here is
safe. No worry.
No, wailing sound
is of a sick car.
Siren of ambulance.
They go to hospital,
normal, in haste,
other cars must make space.
These clothes here
you can keep. They
look so good on you.
You don\'t believe?
Oh, not your taste.
You have? Sorry -
I thought that over there -
Well. Yes. No, they
are not new.
But for you they are!
New. Yes, and a mattress,
a whole own bed
sheets pillows
towel, soap. No?
Not lie down?
Why not lie down.
You cannot stay
standing. You can\'t.
You cannot stand
for nights on end just
like that next to bed.
As if waiting for -
someone. No one
said: dead. Just
we don\'t know. You
must not worry so.
Yes you can stay.
Stay long? How long?
I cannot say. Stay
means so many
different things anyway.\'
You cold, warm, hunger have?
You university - oh - yes.
Where? Where is that? No,
sorry, far away, for me.
You can be quiet now.
Your troubles over.
They don\'t come here
they don\'t come back
to get you. Here is
safe. No worry.
No, wailing sound
is of a sick car.
Siren of ambulance.
They go to hospital,
normal, in haste,
other cars must make space.
These clothes here
you can keep. They
look so good on you.
You don\'t believe?
Oh, not your taste.
You have? Sorry -
I thought that over there -
Well. Yes. No, they
are not new.
But for you they are!
New. Yes, and a mattress,
a whole own bed
sheets pillows
towel, soap. No?
Not lie down?
Why not lie down.
You cannot stay
standing. You can\'t.
You cannot stand
for nights on end just
like that next to bed.
As if waiting for -
someone. No one
said: dead. Just
we don\'t know. You
must not worry so.
Yes you can stay.
Stay long? How long?
I cannot say. Stay
means so many
different things anyway.\'
From: Bijvangst
Publisher: De Harmonie,
Publisher: De Harmonie,
Poems
Poems of Judith Herzberg
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WELCOME IN FREE WORLD
\'I\'ll speak a basic English:You cold, warm, hunger have?
You university - oh - yes.
Where? Where is that? No,
sorry, far away, for me.
You can be quiet now.
Your troubles over.
They don\'t come here
they don\'t come back
to get you. Here is
safe. No worry.
No, wailing sound
is of a sick car.
Siren of ambulance.
They go to hospital,
normal, in haste,
other cars must make space.
These clothes here
you can keep. They
look so good on you.
You don\'t believe?
Oh, not your taste.
You have? Sorry -
I thought that over there -
Well. Yes. No, they
are not new.
But for you they are!
New. Yes, and a mattress,
a whole own bed
sheets pillows
towel, soap. No?
Not lie down?
Why not lie down.
You cannot stay
standing. You can\'t.
You cannot stand
for nights on end just
like that next to bed.
As if waiting for -
someone. No one
said: dead. Just
we don\'t know. You
must not worry so.
Yes you can stay.
Stay long? How long?
I cannot say. Stay
means so many
different things anyway.\'
From: Bijvangst
WELCOME IN FREE WORLD
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