No. 26: A postcard

A postcard arrives

for the girl at Children's ward IV

at Karolinska Hospital

in Stockholm.

April 28, 1968 is cancelled

on the stamp with the old king.

The postage is 45 öre.

There is a cartoon dog

on the postcard.

And a small cat

that is hissing at the big dog

to defend its prey,

a bone on a plate,

towards the dog,

that has plastic balls for eyes

that the black pupils

can roll around in.

But cats don't usually

eat dog bones.

 

Hi Mariana!

Here you get a little doggie

for your name day.

If you squeeze his

stomach

you will hear what he does.

Grandma and Grandpa have been here

to visit us.

We hope you can come home to us soon.

Ask the doctor

if you aren't well soon.

Bye bye!

Greetings from

Mom and Dad.

The girl presses the card.

Which beeps.

Maybe it means

"Happy name day!"

in postcard doggie language.

 

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These poems are originally written in Swedish and translated by myself. So if the translation sounds weird - please just laugh, or cry, or just shake your head and move on to the next poem, hoping for a better translation there... Thank you for your patience, and for following my story! By the way - my lyrics sometimes sounds weird in Swedish too...