Gerrit Kouwenaar
surnamed
This thigh reeks of korea
said the blind veteran
surnamed rhinoceros
feeding on fire
water and salt
less than moist the name leaped
from his groping hand, he continued
to shudder a while, jingled, plopped, but
had already passed the statue
for good
hesitant the thought of burning lingered
during the meal, but then
necessarily dived into a
powdered rose, while jubilant
the digestion set in -
said the blind veteran
surnamed rhinoceros
feeding on fire
water and salt
less than moist the name leaped
from his groping hand, he continued
to shudder a while, jingled, plopped, but
had already passed the statue
for good
hesitant the thought of burning lingered
during the meal, but then
necessarily dived into a
powdered rose, while jubilant
the digestion set in -
Translated by Peter Nijmeijer
Page(s) 77
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