Julestjernen
for her

I bought a white candle today
Walking with the world heavy tight to my hair,
Past the split days, past the milk, butter, the ice creams,
Peaches, apples, staring
Cheeks, lips, I am today
An undersign, under part leaf,
And I find one you would like, a Julestjernen
I breathe you, all day long
Your face prints on the glass
Pearl teeth, I kiss you... you don't move
Small wave wishes, longer, longer, plain, drowned empty escape
Repair my first year away... may... away... blood... away... plain... death.

Squeeze me... take me from the stone floor... supermarket is cold mother... Let my hands find your light hands... Squeeze me...
silenced crawling... the breasts digging dirt... people look pass me... I crawl, I pain,
Drum, call mother... loss... fluid... loss, death... mother... I... faint.

Sheema Kalbasi

Julestjernen: Is the Danish name for Poinsettia, it was my mother's favorite Christmas plant.