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Poem

K. Schippers

BLACK

Of these letters, which
you are now reading,
see, just for a moment,
 
the black only, as if
all meaning has slipped away.
 
Props and curves,
that’s all.
 
Look at them
like a five-year-old
who has never
read a word.

ZWART

ZWART

Zie van deze letters,
die u hier leest,
heel even alleen maar

het zwart of elke
betekenis is weggeglipt.

Staketsels en rondingen,
meer niet.

Bekijk ze
als een vijfjarig kind
dat nog nooit
iets heeft gelezen.
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BLACK

Of these letters, which
you are now reading,
see, just for a moment,
 
the black only, as if
all meaning has slipped away.
 
Props and curves,
that’s all.
 
Look at them
like a five-year-old
who has never
read a word.

BLACK

Of these letters, which
you are now reading,
see, just for a moment,
 
the black only, as if
all meaning has slipped away.
 
Props and curves,
that’s all.
 
Look at them
like a five-year-old
who has never
read a word.
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