Sunday, 27 February 2022

Thor Sørheim: 'Misunnelsesverdig'

 


ENVIABLE

 

Ever since the first cries were heard on the earth

we have had a finger in the pie. We drew the heads

of oxen in the caves before aiming at their hearts, grasped

the plough firmly and felt the forces we could harness

when we stuck our palm into cascading water. The wheel

rolled along with the terrain, we studied the ice that split

rock and the atoms that smashed reason. We taught ourselves

mastery of fire, earth and air, and send scouts out 

on missions behind the rim of our own atmosphere.

We encompass the whole universe, but have never gained

a satisfactory explanation as to why fish chose

to live in the sea.

 

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