Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

Do we live too long?

I have been listening to a program on TV BBC about Health service
which in Britain is said to be too costly because we are living longer?
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Sitting by the window

"Come, Karoline, open your door…" I think it is
an old song was written by a soldier in the Napoleonic war
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The Aquanaut

The ship sank two survivors on a raft
the Japanese and me.
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Houseguests

The two domestic lizards I thought had died in the winter
are back, and I leave them alone as they live on insects and
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They told you a lie

It is said money is not important but love is Balderdash! when you are old you need money as never before,
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The elite poets
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The carpet

I was bored of TV sat looking at the carpet
wondering if it was an Indian rug or banish the thought
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The bus driver and a rowing boat


I remember a song "A slow boat to China"
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pretence
where lies are common to be polite and opinions
are only accepted if it is the realm of what is
viewed as the norm and must not be overstepped.
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A Thought

My foolish heart its colour is blue
and my thoughts are rainbows which I ride
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