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MaRf, The cold sweat of Temptation english version here you are now, immobilised, for now you look around, you come to the conclusion that you have absolutely no idea about what you're looking for, so you keep your eyes fixed on her face hoping to start a conversation with her but she's not the girl to be swept off her feet easily you wonder where is she hiding the beginning, where is she hiding the end in between which this uncomfortable silence becomes meaningful again? you crave for a cigarette, and you, yes, you over there you long for your cell to go off, a short talk which starts with hello how are you? I'm looking at a sculpture, reading a poem, pretty? kind of, not bad no, as a matter of fact, it's about us, yes, funny ey? ok, I will, see you soon, byyyyyyyeeee. where were we? oh yes, a beginning and an end. is it that late already? yee. you've got to go but before you leave: when you'll walk away in a moment from now suddenly turn around because for all...

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We frame and reframe. We measure four by four and then measure measure. And come back to four by four. The moment we stop measuring we lose our frames and start desintegrating four by four

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(Photo: Roger Ballen, Man shaving on Verandah , Platteland, Western Transvaal 1986) surrounds us with housing. given the insanitial impetus we grow closer to one another photosynthesis in the dark cells are murderous we are all but one overcome the armour dies another time the body being confident more in than out it breathes a contorted fist after some time traces of reproduction every where omringt ons met huizen. de waanzet gegeven we groeien naar elkaar toe fotosynthese in het donker cellen zijn moorddadig wij zijn één en al overmeesterd het pantser sterft een andere tijd het lichaam dat vol vertrouwen meer in dan het uit ademt een vuist in kramp de kneep van het vak na verloop van leeftijd overal sporen van voortplanting www.rogerballen.com -- Posted by Arne S. to Poëzie - Who Framed Roger Ballen at 4/09/2006 02:45:00 AM

Who Framed Roger Ballen: I. Missing the Point (Photo:"Dresie and Casie", Western Transvaal 1993, Platteland. (c) Roger Ballen) they forgot about you. like those chromosomes you were missing and everything being so too much about you what you said you could barely speak at least not to someone who didn’t have ears like yours you were gushing newborn, on your thirtieth birthday, I saw you on your seventieth, just then your clothes your hut all one big diaper test tube for the Black Death paleface whippersnapper ze waren je vergeten. zoals de chromosomen die je ontbrak en alles dat zo te veel aan je was wat je zei je kon nauwelijks spreken toch niet voor iemand die geen oren had zoals die van jou je gutste pasgeboren, op je dertigste, ik zag je op je zeventigste toen al je kleren je hut een grote luier proefbuis van de zwarte pest bleekscheet broekie www.rogerballen.com