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Ton van Reen gedicht: Terras

 

TERRAS

Op een terras zitten mannen,
onderuit gezakt
hun handen op de buik gevouwen
slapend tikken hun voeten
de maat van de middag

De klok slaat het hondsuur
drie slagen dreunen
door de trillende hitte

De mannen kreunen in hun halfslaap
een hond likt hun voeten
hij krijgt een trap om te leren

 

Ton van Reen

Ton van Reen: De naam van het mes. Afrikaanse gedichten
In 2007 verschenen onder de titel: De straat is van de mannen bij BnM Uitgevers in De Contrabas reeks.
ISBN 9789077907993 – 56 pagina’s – paperback

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