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I take the brains the tongue and the cheeks

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I take the brains the tongue and the cheeks,
one said, but I throw away the heart.

We were stunned into silence, went over the rest
of the body, keeping our thoughts to

ourselves. Climbed up the mountain next morning
to look for food, found inedible.

Then we slaughtered innocence.
We left brains tongue and cheeks
intact, took the heart.

Hester Knibbe

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

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Laten we de oude

I take the brains the tongue and the cheeks

Let us burn

Ik neem de hersens de tong en de wangen

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