FACTORY SHOP-FLOOR
Computer controlled
hydraulically driven
the burner cuts
through steel
steel hard
ship yard
ship yarn
sounds of hammers
on the burrs
the rolling
of the cranes
dim metal din
tough steel step-in
welders sparking
rollers thumping
steel hard
ship yard
ship yarn.
© Bart
FM Droog, 1996/2001
© translation
Willem Groenewegen, 1996/2001
original title: Fabrieksvloer. First published in translation
in Pontes
Magazine, Croatia, 2001