Paal-Helge Hangen

Wintering With the Light


(Who has said)

Who said it has to be like this
Who changed the rules while
the dice were on the table, who
confiscated tomorrow
Who's figured you in as a cost

Buy and sell creeps into
your nervous system
Walking upright
isn't automatic anymore
In the end only one thing to resist:

Staying behind and sitting
in a dingy kitchen streaked with grease
when the day has caved in
when the light crawls on all fours
through junk and slag-heaps

Drinking bitter coffee full of grounds
metallic on your lips
and no longer waiting
for the day when you won't be subject
to administration



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