Wednesday, December 6, 2017

SLEEP NOW Comments

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"Go to sleep now," I say
to a daughter who is already asleep
and wakes from my words.

The thunder crashes. Perhaps
I want her scared, so I can be dad.
But there's nothing I can do except
do nothing, together with her.

It's like words. Things happen.
Without words they would still happen.
But then without words.
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Herman de Coninck
Words Dad daughter
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Herman de Coninck

Mechelen, Belgium
Herman de Coninck
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Mechelen, Belgium
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