{"id":2907,"date":"2021-11-05T22:44:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T22:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/megaga.dk\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2021-11-05T22:44:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T22:44:57","slug":"the-left-ear-det-venstre-ore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/?p=2907","title":{"rendered":"The Left Ear \/ Det venstre \u00f8re"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

The Left Ear<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

that day was spent lying down
with the left ear pressed against the pillow<\/p>\n

left ear down
left ear downwards
left ear to the pillow
left ear on the pillow
left ear down<\/p>\n

there,
in the left ear,
was the sound
of faint ducks
17th century Italian cantatas
and the rustle of invisible leaves<\/p>\n

and the water inside the walls<\/p>\n

and the sound of the water
inside the walls
was the sound of a spring
or a tiny brook
in spring<\/p>\n

but it\u2019s autumn
and the left ear
is pressed against
the pillow<\/p>\n

that reconstructed ear
hears things that aren\u2019t there
but not the high notes
no, not the high notes
of the things that aren\u2019t there
the glass gondolas
the cantatas
the leaves
the spring
(in spring; that\u2019s important!)<\/p>\n

but perfectly the middle
and low frequencies
of groans and sighs
of creation
and bones creaking
and time eating you away<\/p>\n

perhaps a gift left by the surgeon
who reconstructed the ear<\/p>\n

he had a Hungarian name
but is dead now<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

I lie down
with the left ear
pressed against a pillow<\/p>\n

a thing learned in childhood<\/p>\n

it was useful
for getting things
out of the ear duct<\/p>\n

sometimes fluid or pus
sometimes glass gondolas
sometimes 17th century
Italian (or German) cantatas
or flocks of geese
or shards of an exploded star
or tiny brooks
and springs
in spring (that\u2019s important!)<\/p>\n

and the water that was
supposed to be
inside the walls
and remain there<\/p>\n

things were different then<\/p>\n

the ear was different<\/p>\n

the sounds changed
the things that came out
of the ear changed<\/p>\n

but I don\u2019t lie down all day<\/p>\n

I get up from time to time<\/p>\n

cigars don\u2019t smoke themselves, you know,
and I have to empty the room
for geese and gondolas
Italian (or German) cantatas
(and maybe a passacaglia or two)
and let the tiny brooks
join the ocean
somewhere in the right elbow
and the springs
spring in spring
(that\u2019s important!)<\/p>\n

so I can pay attention to
the groans and sighs
of creation
and the creaking bones
that time is eating away<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

Det venstre \u00f8re<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

den dag gik med at ligge ned
med det venstre \u00f8re presset mod puden<\/p>\n

det venstre \u00f8re ned
det venstre \u00f8re nedad
det venstre \u00f8re mod puden
det venstre \u00f8re p\u00e5 puden
det venstre \u00f8re ned<\/p>\n

d\u00e9r,
i det venstre \u00f8re,
var lyden
af fjerne \u00e6nder
italienske kantater
fra det 17de \u00e5rhundrede
og en raslen af usynlige blade<\/p>\n

og vandet inde i v\u00e6ggene<\/p>\n

og lyden af vandet
inde i v\u00e6ggene
var lyden af en kilde
eller en lille b\u00e6k
om for\u00e5ret<\/p>\n

men det er efter\u00e5r
og det venstre \u00f8re
er presset mod
puden<\/p>\n

d\u00e9t rekonstruerede \u00f8re
h\u00f8rer ting der ikke er der
men ikke de h\u00f8je toner
nej, ikke de h\u00f8je toner
af tingene der ikke er der
glasgondolerne
kantaterne
bladene
kilden
(i for\u00e5ret; det er vigtigt!)<\/p>\n

men perfekt de midterste
og lave frekvenser
af skabelsens
af sukken og jamren
og knirkende knogler
og tiden der \u00e6der dig v\u00e6k<\/p>\n

m\u00e5ske en gave efterladt af kirurgen
der rekonstruerede \u00f8ret<\/p>\n

han havde et ungarsk navn
men er d\u00f8d nu<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

jeg ligger ned
med det venstre \u00f8re
presset mod en pude<\/p>\n

en ting jeg l\u00e6rte i barndommen<\/p>\n

det er effektivt
til at f\u00e5 ting
ud af \u00f8regangen<\/p>\n

nogle gange v\u00e6ske eller pus
nogle gange glasgondoler
nogle gange italienske kantater
fra det 17de \u00e5rhundrede
(eller tyske)
flokke af g\u00e6s
eller sk\u00e5r fra en eksploderet stjerne
eller sm\u00e5 b\u00e6kke
og kilder
om for\u00e5ret (d\u00e9t er vigtigt!)<\/p>\n

og vandet der skulle
v\u00e6re inde i v\u00e6ggene
og forblive d\u00e9r<\/p>\n

tingene var anderledes dengang<\/p>\n

\u00f8ret var anderledes<\/p>\n

lydene er forandrede
tingene der kommer ud
af \u00f8ret er forandrede<\/p>\n

men jeg ligger ikke ned hele dagen<\/p>\n

cigarer ryger ikke sig selv, som du v\u00e9d,
og jeg bliver n\u00f8dt til
at t\u00f8mme v\u00e6relset
for g\u00e6s og gondoler
italienske (eller tyske) kantater
(og en passacaglia eller to)
og lade de sm\u00e5 b\u00e6kke
slutte sig til havet
et sted i den h\u00f8jre albue
og kilderne springe
om for\u00e5ret
(d\u00e9t er vigtigt!)<\/p>\n

s\u00e5 jeg kan hellige mig
de suk og den jamren
der kommer fra skabelsen
og de knirkende knogler
som tiden spiser v\u00e6k<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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