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Bert Bevers: Houvast

 

Houvast

Kennen wij niets meer dan nagebootste
gebarentaal? Soms, soms is de waarheid
moeilijk. Bij een vraag als Spant de boog
de pees, of kromt de pees de boog? is ons

de grens van wetten te vaag. Er is geen
weerstand zonder tekenen aan de wand.
Van verbeelding geven zij misleidende
straling af, als fosforstronken in het woud.

Houvast: de cartografie van het geheugen,
het register van de weemoed. En natuurlijk,
sterk en zacht als gepolijst olijvenhout,
de eeuwigheid. Die eeuwigheid. ‘O’ zegt

de een er voor, en ‘Ach’ de ander….

Bert Bevers
Houvast
Verschenen in de uitgave ter herdenking van Erik Heyman (1960-2010),
Voorspel, Liedekerke/Aalst, 2010

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