TERRARIA
They sit behind façades
in foggy chambers
they sit behind windows
frosted over behind glass
Central heating
the smell of soggy papers
morning musty mouths
longing for what was
Sighing faces
frosted over behind glass.
© Tjitse
Hofman, 1999
© translation
Willem Groenewegen, 1998
original title: Terraria, from TV 2000, Passage
Publishing Company, Groningen, 1999
Translation previously published in Definitely - Dutch
poetry, Rottend Staal, Groningen, 1998.