Eureka!

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Eureka!

Poor farmers, that’s what

they were; intelligence and civilisation

did not exist within their education.

My grandfather, the other one, knew

where the sun starts the day

and when dark clouds come, half a day, before.

He takes care of all the animals, the trees

and new birds, my grandfather.

He is not so stupid, as I thought.

My grandfather, the other one, taught

me all about the water.

A clock ticks in his Home. Brown with green numbers.

I saw the dark and silence of his woods.

But I am faster than his light.

He plays his violin, now, I hope, you can’t hear.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Tilburg, January 4, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : MeisterSinger Neo Quartz

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