Jan Oskar Hansen Poems

Life-like Robots
In the large warehouse were robots
for export and fitted with different ability are kept.
During the day the robots absorb human
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Local Memorial Service

Outside the funeral agency two employees
dressed for their job, stood smoking, by the pavement
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Personal Deity
I have a friendly ghost in the living room
before the wine glass hits the floor, it scopes
it up not spilling a drop.
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Doris Day.

I had something on my mind but Doris day
keep coming in making me hum one of her songs.
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Summertime

When I was young, and it was summer
we went to the beach with a bulky gramophone
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The Occupier

A wrong type of rabbits have invaded
the woods they are aggressive, intelligent
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The Vanished Aircraft
The plane that disappeared some years ago
with 290 passengers didn`t fall into the sea
but landed at the back of the moon, where
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When words stop

Words, words sunken Japanese warships
in the bay of Palau where yellow jellyfish do not sting
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A friendly place
There are no catfish in our little lake
but it has giant frogs, and some of them die if they are late
and the sun warms just standing on stone unable to move
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Gold Rush

Today I have been watching burly men
with heavy machinery despoiling Alaska
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