| Look Who's Here!
Last night I tried to disappear on the wings of a blackbird, singing in the park, hidden between the leaves of an oak tree It was shortly before dark as I sat between it's feathers, filled with expectation Only then I understood the meaning of it's song, it sang Here you don't belong Last night I tried to disappear in the hole of a mole that I thought would be blind, wouldn't mind but there I went wrong Your sweat reeks of death, it said Your hair smells like burning grass Your dung smells bad, like battery acid And then, so politely, it asked me to leave Shivering with fear when it did Last night I tried to disappear in the nest of a goose between it's youngsters and I thought She'd be a mother and good to me, as well as to the others Her wings so protective, her beak so giving, turned out to be weapons that no man can handle She slapped me, she kicked me She picked at me, went after me and I was Swimming like a little kid, splashing Screaming for help in the middle of the night Ducks sadisticly quacking at the sight Last night I tried to disappear following a straycat to a doorstep where it knew it would be fed Leftovers so easy to get Thought we could be friends, roaming the streets It would be so romantic Let's go hunt mice, I said She scratched me Go Away! Go and Play! You clumsy kitten! You won't last a single day
Last night I tried to disappear between bats circling, shooting through the air after insects, dinner whirling My radar was sharp I thought as I hit my head on a tree Found myself in the mud Saw the bats leave without me Last night I tried to disappear in the voice of an owl to be carried away a long distance Be the vibration Be the shivering of my skin The owl, irritated, caughed and swollowed me instead Then I thought I had done it, I would finally disappear, but the owl threw up and spit I found myself twisted between the remains of an unfortune mouse Bones, skull, hair Dawn I proposed to a squirrel, it's tail so playfully teasing me, Follow me, follow me, it seduced me, I was sure of it And I knew we could share just about everything and be One Yes I proposed to a squirrel but it rejected me, saying You're a poor thing You don't swing After dawn I was working with ants I was one of them In labour, in discipline One with nature and at peace with myself I'd be human nomore I had finally succeeded I thought, but The blackbird came along and he gave me away He said Well, look who's here! A man without fear A regular hero and so sincere He has been here all night Interrupted our dinner, our songs, our flight Now he thinks he can work here and it will all be okay, the mess that he made, that even now he creates by pretending The ants, they looked at me ever so surprised They all examined me, one by one, until they realised This one indeed is a bit oversized Last night I tried to disappear to be wurm, to be nevermore responsible Please, believe me, I plead I am not really humanoid! Please, I'm not like that! The blackbird, it laughed and mocked me It laughed for all to hear Look who's here! Here is yet another one, trying to disappear Joke Kaviaar 2001 |
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