Fourteen - Hanne Hukkelberg

Heart in mouth

Awkward, rare

Wet behind the ear

Inside out

Outside’s gone

You’re two parts in one

It might be

Strenuous

Snakes cast their skin

Slowly.

One is old

One is new

Both of them are you

One’s a bore

The other’s cool

Sometimes you’re

A fool

It might be

Strenuous

Snakes cast their skin

Slowly.

When I put them

Beside each other

I see several persons

When you put them

Upon each other

You’ll find yourself

You’ll become one

One, one

One are good

One are bad

This only makes you sad

Outside stinks

Dries and shrinks

What’s underneath is pink

Your mother say short and curt:

Bursting buds do hurt

It might be

Strenuous

Snakes cast their skin

Slowly.