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Poem

Jan Erik Vold

A New Meeting

A new meeting – and all
the pain

bound
to follow. Even so

we’re happy about it, pulling at
all the

handles, levers and sticks
of joy, jackpot

upon jackpot!
while the coins gush out

so fast
and so many that we cannot

collect them – never mind about
that, never mind.

Cashing in
these chips, that’s where

the real work
begins.

ET NYTT MØTE

ET NYTT MØTE

Et nytt møte – og all den
smerte

dét
innebærer. Likevel

gleder vi oss, likevel
trekker vi

i alle salighetens
spaker håndtak og hendler, jackpot

på jackpot!
mens myntene raser

ut, de er flere og kommer fortere
enn vi kan samle

dem opp – la gå
med det, la gå med det.

Å veksle
disse sjetongene inn, det er der

det virkelige
arbeidet ligger.
Close

A New Meeting

A new meeting – and all
the pain

bound
to follow. Even so

we’re happy about it, pulling at
all the

handles, levers and sticks
of joy, jackpot

upon jackpot!
while the coins gush out

so fast
and so many that we cannot

collect them – never mind about
that, never mind.

Cashing in
these chips, that’s where

the real work
begins.

A New Meeting

A new meeting – and all
the pain

bound
to follow. Even so

we’re happy about it, pulling at
all the

handles, levers and sticks
of joy, jackpot

upon jackpot!
while the coins gush out

so fast
and so many that we cannot

collect them – never mind about
that, never mind.

Cashing in
these chips, that’s where

the real work
begins.
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