love letter
I’ve been trying
to reach you
you left
your lips
on the napkin
last Saturday evening
I’ve called
for obvious reasons
you haven’t answered
but I just wanted to let you know
that I have your lips
here on my bedside table
and it doesn’t bother me one bit
that you talk in your sleep
From Where the Winds Come to Rest (2012)
night cream
you went to the mall
looking for night cream
and I could not stop thinking
how beautiful it was
that there existed a special cream
made of darkness
and that you
- the woman I loved -
would prepare yourself with such care
for dreaming
From The Brain Surgery (2017)
a quiet winter morning
in the kitchen
the French press
filters night from day
my daughter is slowly waking up
she lies in her bed
talking to herself
half asleep she is bilingual
speaking ice- and dreamlandic
I had promised to take her on the sledge to the kindergarten
the track we’ll leave behind us in the snow
could be this day’s first lines of poetry
From Family Life on Earth (2020)
From Unfortunately (2018):
Unfortunately, all our operators are busy.
Calls will be answered in the order they were received
Please note that calls may be recorded.
In other words:
We are recording this call.
We are listening to the ticking of your watch.
We can hear the faint breath of your partner,
the squeak in your bed
when you try to spice things up,
the steps you take
towards the end of the relationship.
We are recording
and listening
and gathering evidence.
We are preparing for the day
we’ll meet you in court.
