Noah's 60th egg / Noahs 60nde æg

another

mon

key

in

space

                                       yes

                                       I have

                                       one too

(this time

cheering for

Allah)

                                       a paper dragon

it too

will

cough

alone

                                       playing with fire

endnu

en

abe

i

rummet

                                           jo

                                           jeg har

                                           også én

(denne gang

hepper den

på Allah)

                                          en papirdrage

den vil

også

hoste

alene

                                          der leger med ild

Noan's 59th egg / Noahs 59nde æg

returning

from the city

                                     nothing

                                     changed

I pass

one

dull field

after

another

                                    London Calling

                                    emerges

the woman

next to me

talks about

jazz

                                    above

                                    the beef counter

på vej hjem

fra byen

                               ingenting

                               er forandret

kører jeg forbi

den ene

kedelig

mark

efter

den

anden

                              London Calling

                              kommer ud

kvinden

ved siden

af mig

taler om

jazz

                             over

                             oksekøds

                             disken

Noah's 58th cheroot (egg) / Noahs 58nde cerut (æg)

she mixes god

and no-god

                                           did I arrive

with milk

                                          with a certain

                                          number of breaths?

in a specimen jar

she has a ship

built from finger nails

                                          I light a cheroot

                                         on my granny's

                                         birthday

hun blander gud

og ikke-gud

                                       ankom jeg hertil

med mælk

                                      med et bestemt

                                      antal åndedrag?

i et prøveglas

har hun et skib

bygget af fingernegle

                                       jeg tænder en cerut

                                       på min farmor's

                                       fødselsdag

Progress and Noah's 57th egg / Fremskridt og Noahs 57nde æg

I did

turn

away

                                 fanfuckingtastic

                                         NOT

to discover

                                progress presents

I was

turned

away

                                bottled fake tea

jeg

vendte

mig væk

                              fanfuckingtastisk

                                       NOT

blot for at opdage

                              fremskridtet frembringer

at jeg

var bort

vendt

                             kunstig te

                             på flaske

Noah's 56th egg / Noahs 56nde æg

as red

as it gets

                            with this gesture

                            of Fear Not

the horse

that swallows

                             a paper-ladder

                             extends

the sunset

                              from

                              Govinda's flute

så rød

som den

bliver

                                  med denne gestus

                                  af Frygt Ikke

hesten

der sluger

                                  kommer

                                  en papirstige

solnedgangen

                                 ud af

                                 Govindas fløjte

Noah's 55th egg / Noahs 55nde æg

she said:

when the sun sets

                                        waiting for

                                        a black

                                        dwarf

                                        star

it shines

for no one

                                        I recall the sensation

                                        of pressing down

but sleeps

on a bed

of clouds

                                        guitar strings

hun sagde:

når solen

går ned

                                         mens jeg

                                         venter på

                                         en sort

                                         dværg stjerne

skinner den

ikke for nogen

                                         husker jeg fornemmelsen

                                         af at presse

men sover

på en seng

af skyer

                                        guitarstrenge ned

Noah's 54th egg (lazy version) / Noahs 54nd æg (doven version)

Noah's 53rd egg and Gayatri / Noahs 53nde æg og Gayatri

an

inhabitable

place

                         among

                         (other)

                         snowflakes

I rearrange

                         I chant

shadows

                         the Gyatri Mantra

et

beboeligt

sted

                                  mellem

                                  (andre)

                                  snefnug

jeg omarrangerer

                                  synger jeg

skygger

                                  Gayatri Mantraet

--

Oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ

tát savitúr váreṇ(i)yaṃ

bhárgo devásya dhīmahi

dhíyo yó naḥ pracodáyāt

Several translations:

"Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun, the god-head who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in our progress toward his holy seat."

"We meditate on the glory of that Being who has produced this universe; may He enlighten our minds”. 

"Vi mediterer på  herligheden af det Væsen der har frembragt dette univers, må han oplyse vore sind".

(Vivekananda)

"Du, som giver næring til Universet,

fra hvem alle ting udgår,

til hvem alle ting vender tilbage.

Afdæk for os den sande åndelige sols ansigt,

skjult bag en skive af gyldent lys,

så vi må kende sandheden

og gøre vores fulde pligt

på rejsen til dine hellige fødder."

Noah's 52nd egg in dusk / Noahs 52nde æg i tusmørke

”the closer

to god

                                        midwinter

the more

your sins stick out”

                                        I dreamed about

both my feet

are made from

dusk

                                                            ants

”jo tættere

på gud

                                       midvinter

des tydeligere

dine synder”

                                       jeg drømte om

begge mine fødder

er lavet af
tusmørke

                                                     myrer

haibun

I'm back in the city where I really belong but can't afford to live in. For the time being. The homeless German woman who has settled on a public bench with a table at one end of a footie cage is back too, covered by several layers of plastic and blankets. She's got a good sleeping bag as well. These January days are cold. Air from Siberia sweeps across large parts of Europe and the temperature drops to around -12C. It has been worse, though.

fly me to the moon little by little the bread shortens

She's not your typical poor homeless. She says she has been living here for 10 year holding a job and all. A normal life, but without being registered. Thus she can't get help anywhere. Occasionally volunteers and private help organizations establish places for “illegal” emigrants to sleep in when winter comes. “But it's only men there. Arab and African men. You can't trust them. They steal your things”. She might be right. I don't know. She suffers from the misunderstanding that if she stays where she is long enough the authorities will send her back to Germany. She doesn't comprehend that they won't. They don't care. As long as she doesn't break any laws they won't lift a finger. She could die there.

Surya Namaskar

I step on a toy train

going nowhere

She's very well organized. She has a good bicycle with a spacious trailer where she keeps her stuff. She gets her thermos filled at the all-night gas station 50 meters away or from the church across the road. I guess she could be a lot more comfortable than she is but she won't really move. She'll be away for a couple of days but she returns and settles on the same spot.

walnuts

I try to pinpoint

my headache

We've called some homeless organizations. We suggested they'd go talk to her to explain to her that what she hopes for is unrealistic. I don't know if they've contacted her. She reads books at night by a flash light. Still, some people with their hearts in the right place stop by with food and stuff now and then.

frozen dog shit

when entering the quantum field

wipe your shoes

Noah's 51st egg and mad dogs of Mali / Noahs 51nde æg og Malis gale hunde

as the frost

continues

                                                so

                                                another gang

                                                of mad dogs

crystals grow

                                                chops off

                                                hands

in the

ego-socket

                                                 for a

                                                 silent

                                                 god

som frosten

fortsætter

                                                 og så

                                                 hugger endnu

gror iskrystaller

                                                et kobbel

                                                gale hunde

                                                hænder af

i

ego-fatningen

                                               for en

                                               tavs

                                               gud

Noah's 50th egg and Jobim / Noahs 50nde æg og Jobim

passing

snow clad

towns

                                I persuade

                                my hands

with Jobim's

guitar

in my ears

                               to recreate

                               my place

                               among trees

I look at the moon

as he

once

did

                               from

                               paper

passerer

sneklædte

byer

                              jeg overtaler

                              mine hænder

med Jobims

guitar

i mine ører

                             til at genskabe

                             min plads

                             mellem træer

ser jeg på månen

som han

engang

gjorde

                            af

                            papir

Noah's 49th egg / Noahs 49nde æg

dark

at

5 pm

                                ”you have

                                  a lot of friends”

there's a

small

hole

                                ”we just

                                  drink together”

in my

god-blue

shoes

                                 the train is full

                                 of talk like this

mørkt

klokken

5

                                   ”du har en stor

                                     omgangskreds”

der er

et lille hul

                                   ”vi drikker

                                     kun sammen”

i mine

guds-blå

sko

                                    toget er fuldt

                                    af den slags snak

Noah's 48th Everlasting pink egg / Noahs 48nde Stedsevarende røde æg

15

below

0

                                    The Everlasting

a

wampire

doll

                                    gathered in

                                    a mother

waits in

her box

                                   wearing

                                   red lipstick

15

under

0

                                 Den Stedsvarende

en

vampyr

dukke

                                 samlet i

                                 en mor

venter i

sin æske

                                 med rød

                                 læbestift

Noah's 47the egg / Noahs 47nde æg

a sun stroke

exposes

                                   between

                                   oat flakes

old cobwebs

                                   a dead

                                   beetle

and forgotten

vanishing

points

                                  gives birth

                                  to philosophy

en solstråle

afslører

                                mellem

                                havregryn

gamle

spindelvæv

                                fødes

                                filosofien

og glemte

forsvindings

punkter

                               af en død

                               bille

Noah's 46th egg (weight of a hole) / Noahs 46nde æg (vægten af et hul)

Baltic

cold

                                         yes

                                         it tips

                                         the scales

the arm of

the Lucky Cat

                                         the weight

stopped

waving

                                         of a

                                         hole

Baltisk

kulde

                                        ja

                                       det tipper

                                       vægtskålene

armen på

lykkekatten

                                       vægten

holdt op

med at

vinke

                                       af et

                                       hul

Noah's 45th egg / Noahs 45nde æg

powder

snow

                                      the cold

                                      on my back

powder

body

                                      as I sit down

                                      to shit

and then

the wind

                                      have all the children

                                      left town?

pulver

sne

                                      kulden på

                                      min ryg

pulver

krop

                                     da jeg sætter mig

                                     for at skide

og så

vinden

                                     har alle børn

                                     forladt byen?

Noah's 44th egg (poetic, sorry) / Noah's 44nde æg (poetisk, undskyld)

not

other

worldly

                             this winter too

just

                             I recollect

                             my voice

fog

and

laundry

                             from drops

                                   on bare

                                   branches

ikke

fra

en anden

verden

                              også denne vinter

blot

                             genindsamler jeg

                             min stemme

tåge

og

vasketøj

                            fra dråber

                                  på

                                  nøgne grene

Noah's 43rd egg and Belmondo's nipples

and then

                                      still

                                      and

                                      wet

in faded colours

                                      the

                                      fog

                                      swallows

Jean-Paul Belmondo's

nipples

                                     a

                                     raven

-*-

og så

                                    våd

                                    og

                                    stille

i falmede farver

                                   sluger

                                   tågen

Jean-Paul Belmondos

brystvorter

                                   en

                                   ravn

Noah's 42nd egg (w whales) / Noah's 42nde æg (m hvaler)

next

to

the

hole

                               oh yes

                               I too

its

                               have

                               whales

op

po

site

                              in the left

                              heart chamber

ved

siden

af

hullet

                            åh jo

                            jeg har også

dets

                            hvaler

mod

sæt

ning

                           i det venstre

                           hjertekammer