Minus 20 når vi våkner, bare minus 14 når vi har spist frokost. Sov i tårnet, kikket ned i hagen og det sto rådyr der og spiste epler under snøen. Men det var den dagen farmor fylte nitti, de andre dagene sov vi mye lenger. Det har gått en kulde i fingrene mine, innerst i beinet, og selv etter at jeg har blitt varm igjen kan jeg klemme på henda og det tyter kulde ut. I strimler, ut under neglene. Jeg plukker opp strimlene og strekker dem ut foran lyset. Drømmer sterke klare drømmer før jeg drar på jobb.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Billie Holiday om barndom
Other kids, when they did something wrong, would lie their way out of it. But if I did anything wrong I'd come right out and admit it. And she'd have a fit, call me a sinner and tell me I'd never amount to anything. She never got through telling my mother I was going to bring home a baby and disgrace the damn family like she did. One time she heard me say «Damn it» and she thought this was so sinful she tossed a pot of hot starch at me. She missed, though, because I ducked.
Alice Dean used to keep a whorehouse on the corner nearest our place, and I used to run errands for her and the girls. I was very commercial in those days. I'd never go to the store for anybody for less than a nickel or a dime. But I'd un all over for Alice and the girls, and I'd wash basins, put out the Lifebuoy soap and towels. When it came time to pay me, I used to tell her she could keep the money if she'd let me come up in her front parlor and listen to Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith on her victrola.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Paris, jeg vet ikke. Jeg bodde hos en gammel heks i et gammelt heksehus. Hun prøvde å spise meg opp bit for bit. Hun hadde klart det hvis jeg ikke hadde dratt hjem.
Men jeg elsket byen, jeg elsket språket, jeg elsket å forstå hva folk på metroen sa. Jeg drar dit igjen en gang, med bra folk. Neste gang blir det fint.
Saturday, December 04, 2010
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