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flere og flere danskere

Morten Søndergaard

flere og flere danskere kommer i arbejde
flere og flere danskere bliver millionærer
flere og flere danskere får børn med dannebrogsformede modermærker
flere og flere danskere udtrykker bekymring for miljøet
flere og flere danskere oplever en følelse af utiltrækkelighed
flere og flere danskere besøger Wien I bil
flere og flere danskere laver små lyde med munden
flere og flere danskere spiser også æblernes kernehuse
flere og flere danskere begår selvmord
flere og flere danskere googler deres eget navn
flere og flere danskere fødes venstrehåndede
flere og flere danskere går til poesioplæsninger
flere og flere danskere lider af vinterdepression og standser op i trafikken og ved ingenting
flere og flere danskere taler tysk
flere og flere danskere spiller poker
flere og flere danskere føler sig ikke længere som danskere
flere og flere danskere får lavet deres tænder af tandlæger syd for grænsen
flere og flere danskere slikker spejlene på offentlige toiletter
flere og flere danskere betegner sig selv som lykkelige
flere og flere danskere kører rundt på landet om natten og laver forsøg med køernes øjne
flere og flere danskere kan li at bevæge sig på en ekstrem langsom måde når de er alene


Morten Søndergaard

from At holde havet tilbage med en kost (Kopenhagen: Borgens Forlag, 2004)

Reproduced by kind permission of the author.

Tags:

capitalism Danish identity irony list poems loneliness modernity social media stereotypes translation

Translations of this Poem

more and more danes

more and more Danes are finding work
more and more Danes are now millionaires
more and more Danes are having children with Dannebrog-shaped
moles
more and more Danes are expressing concern for the environment
more and more Danes have a feeling of inadequacy
more and more Danes take the car to Vienna
more and more Danes make little sounds with their mouths
more and more Danes are also eating their apple cores
more and more Danes are committing suicide
more and more Danes are googling their own names
more and more Danes are born left-handed
more and more Danes are going to poetry readings
more and more Danes suffer from winter depression and stop short in
traffic, at a loss
more and more Danes speak German
more and more Danes are playing poker
more and more Danes no longer feel Danish
more and more Danes have their teeth fixed south of the border
more and more Danes are licking the mirrors in public toilets
more and more Danes describe themselves as happy
more and more Danes drive round the country at night, experimenting
on cows’ eyes
more and more Danes enjoy moving very, very slowly when they are
alone.

Source: from At holde havet tilbage med en kost (Kopenhagen: Borgens Forlag, 2004), translated by Barbara Haveland and John Irons. Reproduced by kind permission of the translators.

About this poem

This poem is part of The Written World – our collaboration with BBC radio to broadcast a poem from every single nation competing in London 2012.

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