Sunday, 18 February 2018

Two poems by Bert Schierbeek

Bert Schierbeek
[1918-1996]

LOOK
it's much worse
than you think
if you think
it's even worse



I THINK
when it rains
let her not get wet

and if it storms
won't she get a cold

and I also think
that that thinking
doesn't help

because you'll never get wet
again nor get a cold

because it rains
nor is windy ever
more for you


Original titles: 'Kijk' and 'Ik denk' - from the collection 'De Deur', Uitgeverij De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam - 1972

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