Author: Anne Vegter trans. Astrid Alben
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THREE POEMS by Anne Vegter trans. Astrid Alben
With permission from the publisher WILDCARD A light-hearted lullaby this, not much happens that doesn’t already happen somewhere else: a garnet-red baby opens wide its tiny jungle mouth. Familiar to all who read them, lullabies are about kisses, jealousies and parents / keepers. Raging in the pillow, rising like a statue made of ash. A parent is a house.…