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Prosepoem by: Hikmet Elhadj

(to: Helena)

Me and my colleague John Went for black coffee At the espresso house Standing in the square in the center of the coastal city He left me to lie while we were sitting And I drowned in “semla” foam and “blueberry tart” smile We talked about school poison And laughed at the triviality of life As Africa and Asia meet on the baldness of Europe I won lottery legs today So I want to buy enough hate To fill a coat from “Dress Man” We got up and went and filled out the Hell Squad joining form that will be camping with Hamlet in Denmark John bought a black hat with a gray stripe And I bought tall-necked shoes to wear the wind under me We thought a little bit about Omicron and got scared We ended our day by going to the “Coop” store Where we met a Salmon fillet Escape from the sweltering seas of Norway John bought bread against the tide With a sip of pepper from the blackness of thyme While I’m butter I don’t like it Because it melts when the sun goes down the next day.