Astrid H. Roemer
HIGH TIME
mama dies and things
break inside me. don’t know what
don’t know where. can’t get
at them. deafening silence in me like
back then. I fall from the seesaw. one arm in a cast.
nine years old I was then and
my mother said. keep your hands off it child. that
little body of yours will take care of it
for you. recovery happens inside
and takes time. calendar time. clock time. my mother
said. body time.
today bells are jingling
inside me.
DE HOOGSTE TIJD
DE HOOGSTE TIJD
mama sterft en dingen gaan
stuk in mij. weet niet wat
weet niet waar. kan er
niet bij. oorverdovende stilte in me als
toen. ik val van de wip. een arm in het gips.
negen was ik en
moeder zei. niet aankomen kind. jouw
lijfje doet het voor je. herstel gebeurt vanbinnen
en kost tijd. kalendertijd. kloktijd. moeder
zei. lichaamstijd.
vandaag rinkelen belletjes
in mij.
HIGH TIME
mama dies and things
break inside me. don’t know what
don’t know where. can’t get
at them. deafening silence in me like
back then. I fall from the seesaw. one arm in a cast.
nine years old I was then and
my mother said. keep your hands off it child. that
little body of yours will take care of it
for you. recovery happens inside
and takes time. calendar time. clock time. my mother
said. body time.
today bells are jingling
inside me.
HIGH TIME
mama dies and things
break inside me. don’t know what
don’t know where. can’t get
at them. deafening silence in me like
back then. I fall from the seesaw. one arm in a cast.
nine years old I was then and
my mother said. keep your hands off it child. that
little body of yours will take care of it
for you. recovery happens inside
and takes time. calendar time. clock time. my mother
said. body time.
today bells are jingling
inside me.
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