FRÅN MODE-FLÄRD TILL ALLVARS-VÄRLD

"Blå fågel" - John Erik Berg
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Med tanke på min väninnas nyfirade födelsedag och funderingarna över hur bråttom livet har, så kände jag plötsligt för att gå från modeflärd till allvarsvärld. Här kommer en tankeväckande dikt av en amerikansk poet och professor i engelska, Patti Tana:

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GREEDY

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We leave this life with what is

in the pockets of the heart.

Untie the laces, undo the button,

this one is dead.

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Papa would say that life is

ky und shpy, chew and spit,

then he´d close his eyes

and turn his face toward the sun.

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We spend a lifetime learning what dogs know.

The map of warm light on the floor

as it moves through the day, the sound

of a key unlocking the door,

taste of fingertips and cheek,

the pleasure of caress.

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The life I chose is rich

in harmonies and contradictions.

The life life chose for me has fistfuls

of feeling both joy and surrender,

explosive surprise and islands of peace.

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When people ask if I´m afraid of death

I say death is nothing. How can I be

afraid of nothing? I´m afraid of losing life.

Life is something and I am greedy,

greedy for the something of life.

Not the trinkets, but what we carry

in the pockets of our heart.

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(From "Make Your Way Across This Bridge: New & Selected Writings" 2003)