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NIELS LANDSTRA: ODE

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Ode

Aan jou opdragen, op onze drempel
van verstomming, een ode met woorden
die jou betovert, wil ik je gezel

naast mijn vermommingen zijn, openheid
aan jou tonen, toch verzand ik laf in
mijn opzet, ontluik jij, warm en bereid

maar zie ik haar voor mij in het begin
van een morgen, hoe ze mij bekoorde
zich naakt en koel van mij wendde, en ging

met de zon die binnen schoof op bussels
stof, de deur geruisloos open gleed, de
drempel sleets vertreden met mijn odes

Niels Landstra

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