HER PHOTO IN POLITIKEN Comments

Astrid Lindgren 1907-2002
You could be my child
and I could be your child
and we could look after each other
ride like sisters through the town
while the brothers stride slowly
out over the cliff and fall
to new wars on the other side

You could be my daughter
and I could be your daughter
and we could look after each other
till death parts
When the best Karlsson in the world
pushes the propeller button
and disappears over the roofs of Stockholm

I could be your parent and
you could be my parent
and we could look after the homeless puppies
with long soft ears
The kind I wanted
The homeless puppies always get
what they need of care and love
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