my father wanted to teach me... novo mundo 13

Nachoem M. Wijnberg Song
Translated from the Dutch by David Colmer

I saw a shop

went in and bought something

I had forgotten I already had.

I stood in the shop

and there was nothing else

I could remember that I needed.

But what do

I do with two of them

except wait

for one to break?
My father wanted

to teach me about money,

that’s why

he refusedto give me something.
He gave me money

and pointed to a shop,

go in and ask for what you want.

To read Nachoem M. Wijnberg’s “Quiet,” please click here.