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[p. 75]

Elisabeth Eybers

Aandskemering, die smoorgewas,
het elke tenger plant verteer,
die laaste tussentint geblus

maar nog - heethoofdig toegerus
met absolute geel - trotseer
die opslagsonneblom hom kras.

Dusk drew its tentacled embrace
round every dainty plant until
the dubious faint hues were drained

but the spontaneous sunflower, still
contesting its advance, maintained
a brassy and unflinching face.