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Poem

Robert Anker

It\'s all lukewarm mush

It\'s all lukewarm mush
That runs over my hands
Although a wind may blow
Between the frozen fingers

So why not the skater
On that wind the steel strings
To sing until the glass horizon
Doing the outside edge through the glass

As ever before now always the metal
Sun behind the silver flowers on the pane
Strikes through to me and takes my picture here

But mostly I rarely get past
The rotten reeds the broken birds
That it keeps thawing in the mud
Of peaceful existence

Het is alles lauwe pap

Het is alles lauwe pap
Die mij over de handen loopt
Hoewel het soms ook waait
Tussen de bevroren vingers

Waarom dan niet de schaatser
Op die wind de ijzeren snaren
Bezingen tot de horizon van glas
Aldoor beentje over door het glas

Zoals ooit eerder altijd weer de metalen
Zon achter de zilverbloemen op het raam
In mij doorstoot en mij hier fotografeert

Meestal echter kom ik zelden voorbij
Het rottige riet de kapotte vogels
Dat het aldoor dooit in de modder
Van het vreedzame bestaan
Close

It\'s all lukewarm mush

It\'s all lukewarm mush
That runs over my hands
Although a wind may blow
Between the frozen fingers

So why not the skater
On that wind the steel strings
To sing until the glass horizon
Doing the outside edge through the glass

As ever before now always the metal
Sun behind the silver flowers on the pane
Strikes through to me and takes my picture here

But mostly I rarely get past
The rotten reeds the broken birds
That it keeps thawing in the mud
Of peaceful existence

It\'s all lukewarm mush

It\'s all lukewarm mush
That runs over my hands
Although a wind may blow
Between the frozen fingers

So why not the skater
On that wind the steel strings
To sing until the glass horizon
Doing the outside edge through the glass

As ever before now always the metal
Sun behind the silver flowers on the pane
Strikes through to me and takes my picture here

But mostly I rarely get past
The rotten reeds the broken birds
That it keeps thawing in the mud
Of peaceful existence
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