75 og 59 år

Et venskab gennem afstand

er ikke at rynke på næsen af

og slet ikke i så lang tid

Vore forskellige livsbaner

rendte afsted og hun også

selvom hendes blev stationær

Ikke i ånden - kun i det reelle

Jeg har fulgt hendes væren

og beundret hende vildt

kreativitet kan ikke sættes i bås

hendes er både praktisk

søgende - spørgende - uselvisk

hun er grobunden hvorpå alt

og  alle kommer i flor

og se bare nu også i en have

I 75 år har hendes liv formet sig

ikke helt som hun har ønsket

men hun har kæmpet for sine

ideer, tanker, familie og tro

en indstilling jeg beundrer

Aase du er en superkvinde

Knees need kneeing

I tripped on a trip

far away from home

ladies were lamenting

about knees needing

replacement

I tripped on a trip

walking walloping

now hurting one knee

just hobbling along

not quite there

I tripped on a trip

wondering how just

I could do this

so frightfully

inelegantly

I tripped on a trip

will probably do

it again some day

klutzy as I am

rekneeing it 

Muddled thoughts

Is it possible to abhor all things human

to detest myself included

of course - that would be a teen’s privilege 

but come now also a granny’s ditto

Not sure where this whole thing is going

where I shall finally end up

Yes, dead, surely,  but in the meantime

trying vigorously not to succumb 

to morose thoughts and being too mean

just because I for once know in my bones

what life shall bring and I truly do not

want to give up paradise yet this has

So put on a happy face as the song goes

and work out beneath the endless fears

and hide the tears of anger and mischief

and that’s where the muddleness comes in.