and
when they remember
their
words are old and awkward
like
stones in shoes
                              gotta
stop 'em travelling
                              those
dark nomads
                              in the
windings
when we
weren't looking
they
dressed in the husks
of
spiders
                               and
took on themselves
                               all
the sweetened pains
                               offered
to the oak
of the
downtrodden waiting
for the
ferry [The Ferry, u know]
in the
mud of their sins
                               let
them keep an eye
                               one
eye to share among them
                               as
they travel
the
wilderness of their
belly-buttons
- and they grow paler
and
translucent
                                as
they cannot grasp the light
                                from
each other. One and one
                                only
can see
at any
given time and the memory
of not
being alone
will
haunt them
                                and it
will be treated
                                as an
illness only curable
                                with
red tablets
and the
one mouth
they
will have in common
will be
insatiable
                                and
each and every one
                                will
discover
                                hunger
og når de husker
er deres ord gamle
og besværlige
som sten i skoene
                               må forhindre dem i
at rejse
                               disse mørke
nomader
                               i vindingerne
da vi så væk
klædte de sig i
edderkoppers
gamle huder
                               og påtog sig
                               al den forsødede
smerte
                               der var ofret til
de nedtrådtes
egetræ, de
nedtrådte der ventede
på færgen [Færgen]
i
deres synders mudder
                               lad
dem beholde et øje
                               eet
øje de kan dele mellem sig
                               mens
de rejser i
deres
navlers vildmark
og
de bliver blegere
og
gennemskinnelige
                                eftersom
de ikke kan opfange
                                fra
hinanden. Een og kun én
                                kan
se
på
ethvert givet tidspunkt og erindringen
om
ikke at være alene
vil
hjemsøge dem
                                og
det vil blive opfattet
                                som
en sygdom der kun kan helbredes
                                med
røde piller
og
den ene mund
de
vil have til fælles
vil
være umættelig
                                og
alle og enhver af dem
                                vil
opdage
                                sult
 
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