CRUMPLE ZONE
The bright red bike
of the young lad
lies crumpled
beside the road
Some blood
still sticks to
the handlebars
In the verge
lies a bell
with a smiling
Mickey Mouse next to
front-light fragments
He holds a balloon
and waves
with his hand
Hi there, laddie
Hiii.
© Tjitse Hofman, 1999
© translation
John Irons, 2000
original title: Kreukelzone, from TV 2000, Passage
Publishing Company, Groningen, 1999