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Poem

Monica Aasprong

I shall eat you alive

I shall eat you alive

I shall do that for you

if you will be my mother


if you’re offering

living eyes


living ice ice in

the veins ice in the skull

fat whole ice-carcasses

alive


the light of an eye

dark of a mouth

blood of a nose

lips



I conjure up

the face mask


I carry it heavily

I strike it if

needs be, crush it

if I must


I have tools

to wipe out all

human features


I know the eye sockets

inside out

I shall eat you alive

jeg skal spise deg levende

jeg skal gjøre det for deg

om du vil være min mor


om du byr på

levende øyne


levende is is i

årene is i skallen

spekk hele isskrotter

levende


øyets lys

munnens mørke

nesens blod

lepper



jeg maner fram

ansiktsmasken


jeg bærer den tungt

jeg hugger den til om

det trengs, knuser den

om det blir nødvendig


jeg har redskaper

til å utslette alle

menneskelige trekk


jeg kjenner øyehulene

ut og inn
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I shall eat you alive

I shall eat you alive

I shall do that for you

if you will be my mother


if you’re offering

living eyes


living ice ice in

the veins ice in the skull

fat whole ice-carcasses

alive


the light of an eye

dark of a mouth

blood of a nose

lips



I conjure up

the face mask


I carry it heavily

I strike it if

needs be, crush it

if I must


I have tools

to wipe out all

human features


I know the eye sockets

inside out

I shall eat you alive

I shall eat you alive

I shall do that for you

if you will be my mother


if you’re offering

living eyes


living ice ice in

the veins ice in the skull

fat whole ice-carcasses

alive


the light of an eye

dark of a mouth

blood of a nose

lips



I conjure up

the face mask


I carry it heavily

I strike it if

needs be, crush it

if I must


I have tools

to wipe out all

human features


I know the eye sockets

inside out
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