‘Everyone can do it' Poem by Paul Bogaert

In our country we deal with pent up pain
by assuming that everyone can
paint, hate, break in, murder and deal with pain.

So there is always a pulling and a pushing,
what else did you expect?
A push away, a roll away (no, too detached)
or a pushover or a rollover (no, much too clownish)
or a turnover, yes, a turnover sounds good (think fish finger).

All of that first and especially directed inside.

The rest will come later.

Translation: Diane Butterman