Laptop, a bent knee
Desktop, the Sunday roast
Mouse, wire_less
Printer, ink stained fingertips
Bug, on the windshield
Hard drive, hole-in-one
Root, pull the weed out
Library, oh those books
Archive, just in case
File, secret volumes
Keyboard, Ebony and Ivory
Firewall, hot topic
Virus, turns all to zero
IT, Intelligence Terminated
With all those down to earth words how the ….. can it be so difficult? Ha de Gött!
For home decoration went to IKEA thinking, what a splendid idea Took the escalator to the maze furniture, furniture like a haze Stumbled down the stairs families and in love pairs Grab a four wheel trolley isle after isle, what a folly Package after package all flat collecting it all like a rat Full car, what have I done my little wife is all gone Put me in a dire spot forgot her at the parking lot
In case you wonder IKEA stands for Ingmar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd after the founder’s name and birth place in Sweden. Ha de Gött!
In the warm summer night
Spider spun its web
Morning dew soak it wet
Lure the thirsty fly for a sip
Invited to the spider nest
To be the center of the feast
Party on and ha de Gött!
Midsummer eve full of mystery
Midsummer eve pale night light
Midsummer eve flowers and bees
Midsummer eve family and friends
Midsummer eve herring and snaps
Midsummer eve children dance around
Midsummer eve stay up all night
Midsummer eve family and friends
The midsummer celebration is as special to us Swedes as others countries national day. I described this in last years midsummer blog post. Find it here. Ha de Gött!
Light shivering grass Loss flyby goose Lingering winds brass Lonely shadows loose Swirl away class Wind lead choose
Like the feather this poem does not really know where it’s going. Ha de Gött!
Drops of water resting on a leaves after the life giving rain.
Sun comes out, reflects in the drops. Calling them back.
So it evaporates and the ever ongoing cycle closes another loop.
Ha de Gött!
Barb Wire, would not let anybody in
Barb Wire, would not let anybody out
Barb Wire, integrity so strong
Barb Wire, touch and get stuck
Barb Wire, leave you scratched and scared
Barb Wire, galvanized with trust
Barb Wire, neglected to rust
Barb Wire, would not let nobody out
Barb Wire, would not let nobody in
Barb Wire, all alone
Ha de Gött!
Whiskey, beer and gin that can't really be a sin sink down some pints of ale mouth becomes full of tale even Jesus had some wine true, several tellers intertwine all needs to taken with moderation else drive the toilet seat, no hesitation credit card in the bar sail astray more stories to tell at the hallway last night to this was tempted now, gut wrong way needs to be emptied in a bucket full of sorrow wish there be no tomorrow
Please drink responsibly, ha de Gött!
empty shell, washed up on the beach
empty shell, tossed around by the waves
empty shell, pearl is long gone
empty shell, in a pile of seaweed
empty shell, being put to use
empty shell, house in house for snail
empty shell, spider show off upside down.
The beach is a fantastic place if you look close. I don’t know if the moral here is that it is better with a slimy tenant then an empty shell? Ha de Gött!
Introduce yourself, that short, get to know.
Introduction to start of a training course or workshop.
Meet up with people you don’t know before.
Your name, company, your job and for how long.
Extracurricular activities and interest, not a problem.
But then.
Wife and two children, oldest 23 and one year left at university.
Studying to become high school teacher in Swedish and history.
Still quite easy, what next.
Youngest son should have been 21, but last year passed away.
Make everyone feel uncomfortable, but…
He’s still my son forever in my heart.
Never mention him, as if he never existed?
Pretend he’s still alive and at his second year at university.
But he will never be a computer science engineer.
His ash is in an urn.
Grief throws many punches in everyday life. Specially in situations you don’t expect. This needed to come out.
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