on the platforms people hustle
towards the exits
clammy ears pressed to their
heads
no revellers
who let their last drinking song
loose in the wind
with ease the train transports
them
into the ethos
of the citizen’s duties
you’d almost
give them a piece of
the creases
out of their briefcases
in their briefcases
the average of
a challenge
or just afterwards
semur daging
Translation: Trevor Scarse
op de perrons hastige minsken
nei de útgongen
earen klam tsjin de holle
plakt
gjin feestgongers
dy’t har lêste drinkliet
ferwaaie litte
mei gemak tilt de trein
har
it etos yn
fan de boargerplicht
soest se
even de earen
de tearen
út de aktetaskes
yn de aktetaskes
it gemiddelde fan
in útdaging
of nei ôfrin even
daging smoor
© Tsjisse Hettema