Susan Smith. hoe slaap jy ben van beurden

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1. Sterk. Goeie vertaling.

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2. how do you sleep ben van beurden

   to the chief executive officer of Royal Dutch Shell
   (on behalf of the marine life and water of the Wild coast)

   how do you sleep
   ben van beurden
   how do you sleep in the hague
   with the bawling of dying
   whales trumpeting through your
   dreams how do you pillow
   your ears ben van beurden
   against the heralding of the waters’
   piercing shrieks how do you shell
   the bright brocade and compact velvet
   the violation of decibels the vortex
   the piercing after-surges of anguish
   the pulling apart of frivolous
   invertebrates lumps of whales
   the stomachs and fins of dolphins
   the explosion of hearing membranes
   which had to navigate time and place
   and survival for thousands of sea miles
   the clicking the grumbling the pulsing
   the clapping of the underwater language

   how do you sleep ben

   how do you sleep in the regal
   Netherlandic shell in the arms
   of neo-colonialism your oil
   contaminate the hands
   of gwede and his minions your mouth
   shining at the banquet feast of king-
   prawns and lobster

   how do you sleep ben van beurden

   how do you sleep how do you tuck
   your children in
   how do you soothe
   your grandchildren
   how do you read them fairytales
   about earth which was once
   – before you –
   beautiful and whole

   how do you sleep
   how do you sit
   at your own table
   ben van beurden
   with the bodies
   of your children – neatly cut up –
   in little forearms and glutes
   little stomachs and thighs
   brittle in their sauce

   it is after all you
   ben van beurden
   who break bread and eat

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3. Dankie Daniel.

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4. Kragtig! Ek het geteken.

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