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Aase Berg

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BLUBBER BITER –

here hangs the bite
waiting for blubber
for many thousand years
of slowness

From: Transfer fat
Publisher: Ugly Duckling Presse, New York City, 2012

ZWAARDWALVIS –

hier hangt de houw
wachtend op spek
een paar duizend jaar
van langzaamheid

© Vertaling: 2016, Lisette Keustermans

SPÄCKHUGGAREN –

här hänger hugget
väntande på späck
i många tusen år
av långsamhet

From: Forsla fett
Publisher: Bonnier, Stockholm

Aase Berg

Aase Berg

Aase Berg grew up in the suburb of Tensta outside of Stockholm. In the mid eighties, she was recruited into the radical group the Stockholm Surrealists, which she participated in for many years, and which in many ways shaped her aesthetics.

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It is a horse and it says No.

BIRTH RUBBER

battlefield molossoids

She knows

BLUBBER BITER –

I want to be a bird

IN REACTOR

She strikes back:

This is a threat:

My little girl steps into a room, any room,

Close

BLUBBER BITER –

here hangs the bite
waiting for blubber
for many thousand years
of slowness

From: Transfer fat
Publisher: 2012, Ugly Duckling Presse, New York City

BLUBBER BITER –

here hangs the bite
waiting for blubber
for many thousand years
of slowness

From: Transfer fat
Publisher: 2012, Ugly Duckling Presse, New York City

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