Tomas Dalgaard was the RIXT Poet of the Month in March. Here is the English translation of one of his poems for RIXT. You can find his original Danish poems with Frisian translations here.
Rejected from hell
Can’t you see we’re full
the devil snarled furiously
with rapists
sadists and lust murderers
All sorts of criminals
Racists
War criminals
Rich pedophiles
Unrelenting bank directors
grifters who’d do anything
for money
There is no room
for a sucker like you
Even though I’ve made
multiple extensions to the place
we’re fully booked
years in advance
There are so many people
deserving of
torture and torment
for their misdeeds
Besides I’m swamped right now
drafting the list of sins
for the accountant
This is no Sunday school
but fiery hell
do you have any idea
how much it costs
to keep all those fires burning
I cannot afford to
take someone on
so I have to do it all
by myself
I’m drowning here
in heating bills
And when a fool like you
comes knocking
I have to
open the door
Which lets in the draught
making the gas bills
soar even higher
You’re just a smalltime sinner
So get lost before I change my mind
and keep you here
© Tomas Dalgaard
translation: Trevor Scarse