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Frans Babylon gedicht: Mijn muze

Frans Babylon

(Frans Obers 1924-1968)

 

Mijn muze

Nog altijd draagt mijn muze haar korsetje

van tucht en rijmdwang, ook al knelt het strak

en heeft zij aan de strenge normen lak,

gewend aan menig bandeloos verzetje.

 

Zo bloot en dartel in ’t gespreide bedje

heeft zij voor kapriolen zeer een zwak,

maar pleegt toch volgens de regels van het vak

ons minnespel op maten van ’t sonnetje.

 

Door haar kan ik de tucht en ontucht rijmen

in zwakke strofen zonder veel geheimen;

de vrijheid triomfeert dank zij de dwang.

 

Mijn speelse muze prikkelt om te vlijmen

en laat zich dan –per slot- door sperma lijmen,

al duurt genot slechts veertien regels lang.

 

(Distels en doornen. Humor- en hekelsonnetten, 1959)

 

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