THANKS FOR THE PLATE Poem by Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen

thanks for everything you never get
and thanks for what you get it on

thanks for the plate
thank the plate for its flatness

thank the plate
for the head of John

thank the plate for
Salome's dance on it

thanks for each day's
silver plate

thanks for each night's
golden plate

thank the ocean's hammerers
thank sun thank moon

thank the ocean for your thirst
thank the sugar for the salt

thanks for everything
you never get

and thanks for what
you never get it on