Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

Habits

There are certain things in life one has to accept
I used to drink a lot, but it was at an awkward junction
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The old soldiers Café

We went to my favoured restaurant it is no longer so,
on a table near us sat a group of Ukrainians eating plenty
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Quiet despair
getting up
Sitting down,
We are leaving tomorrow
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I don`t know why I wrote this

You must remember this, a kiss
is not enough I have to pay the maid
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Boca do Inferno

There is a small narrow inlet
on the coast of Cascais, or rather a scare
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The paedophiliac?

I sat on a park bench beside another old man
we saw a beautiful 17 years old girl walking past
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Happy family
When I was 51 I had an affair with dancer
She didn`t want the baby and gave it to me.
Can you imagine? The village women rallied around
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The Alternative view

Nature is not democratic
It doesn`t listen to the call for democracy
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Lunch on a park bench

I had bought two hamburgers
Each had a lettuce and sliced tomato.
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The poem we can`t write

Make it clear poetry is redundant
poets write verses packed in wool
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