Poem
Rutger Kopland
the latest findings
There were as we thought we knew two worlds -the real one and the other one
further research has recently revealed that this distinction
is a superfluous illusion: experts
have searched in human brains
and heard nor seen any differences
on the contrary, what they found no pen
could describe, so incredibly simple
so beautiful
they recorded:
‘Night fell through the windows of our institute
moonlight stroked across the young breasts
of our female experimental person
and yes, the devices driven by her brain cells
were sighing and in our microscopes we saw
in her molecules milky ways of desire.
We are still searching feverishly for formulae.’
This, according to some elated, unintentionally lyrical
quotes from their report.
de laatste bevindingen
de laatste bevindingen
Er waren zoals we dachten te weten twee werelden -de echte en die andere
dit onderscheid is onlangs bij nader onderzoek
een overbodige illusie gebleken: deskundigen
hebben in menselijke hersenen gezocht
en geen verschillen gehoord of gezien
integendeel, wat zij vonden was met geen pen
te beschrijven, zo ongelooflijk eenvoudig
zo mooi
zij noteerden:
‘De nacht viel in de ramen van ons instituut,
maanlicht streek over de jonge borsten
van onze vrouwelijke proefpersoon
en ja, de door haar hersencellen aangedreven apparaten
zuchtten en in onze microscopen zagen we
in haar moleculen melkwegen van verlangen.
Wij zoeken nog koortsachtig naar formules.’
Aldus enkele opgetogen, onbedoeld lyrische citaten
uit hun verslag.
© 1997, G.A. van Oorschot
From: Tot het ons loslaat
Publisher: G.A. van Oorschot,
From: Tot het ons loslaat
Publisher: G.A. van Oorschot,
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the latest findings
There were as we thought we knew two worlds -the real one and the other one
further research has recently revealed that this distinction
is a superfluous illusion: experts
have searched in human brains
and heard nor seen any differences
on the contrary, what they found no pen
could describe, so incredibly simple
so beautiful
they recorded:
‘Night fell through the windows of our institute
moonlight stroked across the young breasts
of our female experimental person
and yes, the devices driven by her brain cells
were sighing and in our microscopes we saw
in her molecules milky ways of desire.
We are still searching feverishly for formulae.’
This, according to some elated, unintentionally lyrical
quotes from their report.
From: Tot het ons loslaat
the latest findings
There were as we thought we knew two worlds -the real one and the other one
further research has recently revealed that this distinction
is a superfluous illusion: experts
have searched in human brains
and heard nor seen any differences
on the contrary, what they found no pen
could describe, so incredibly simple
so beautiful
they recorded:
‘Night fell through the windows of our institute
moonlight stroked across the young breasts
of our female experimental person
and yes, the devices driven by her brain cells
were sighing and in our microscopes we saw
in her molecules milky ways of desire.
We are still searching feverishly for formulae.’
This, according to some elated, unintentionally lyrical
quotes from their report.
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