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Poem

Paul Bogaert

So you are the fly then

So you are the fly then
that can no longer get out.

You make a mess with hours.
You make love to the light.
You piss in the resources pot, misled
by a lame SWOT analysis.

You stroke
time and again with your big eyes
her skin, she is gold, and so you pile up
result upon result and every result is provisional.

The problem
is that switched off she also follows you everywhere,
disguised, like a mental exercise, round the children,
in the clutter, non-neutralizable deep-frying fat, when you want
to sleep, a stray cat, an old to-do list.

Jij bent dus de vlieg

Jij bent dus de vlieg
die niet meer naar buiten geraakt.

Je morst met uren.
Je vrijt met het licht.
Je pist in de hulpmiddelenpot, misleid
door een kreupele SWOT-analyse.

Je aait
met je grote ogen steeds weer
haar huid, ze is van goud, en je stapelt daarbij
resultaat op resultaat en elk resultaat is voorlopig.

Het probleem
is dat ze jou ook uitgeschakeld overal volgt,
vermomd, als een denksport, rond de kinderen,
in de rommel, niet te neutraliseren frituurolie, als je wil
slapen, een zwerfkat, een oude to-dolijst.
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So you are the fly then

So you are the fly then
that can no longer get out.

You make a mess with hours.
You make love to the light.
You piss in the resources pot, misled
by a lame SWOT analysis.

You stroke
time and again with your big eyes
her skin, she is gold, and so you pile up
result upon result and every result is provisional.

The problem
is that switched off she also follows you everywhere,
disguised, like a mental exercise, round the children,
in the clutter, non-neutralizable deep-frying fat, when you want
to sleep, a stray cat, an old to-do list.

So you are the fly then

So you are the fly then
that can no longer get out.

You make a mess with hours.
You make love to the light.
You piss in the resources pot, misled
by a lame SWOT analysis.

You stroke
time and again with your big eyes
her skin, she is gold, and so you pile up
result upon result and every result is provisional.

The problem
is that switched off she also follows you everywhere,
disguised, like a mental exercise, round the children,
in the clutter, non-neutralizable deep-frying fat, when you want
to sleep, a stray cat, an old to-do list.
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