{"id":301953,"date":"1988-01-01T00:01:18","date_gmt":"1987-12-31T23:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/dbnl\/j-bernlef\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T15:08:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:08:56","slug":"j-bernlef","status":"publish","type":"dbnl","link":"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/en\/dbnl\/j-bernlef\/","title":{"rendered":"J. Bernlef"},"content":{"rendered":"
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zag niets<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Ik dacht wel maar<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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bestond ik ook?<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Meneer Cogito tilde een kei op<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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naar alle kanten schoten ze weg<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Herken je ze niet, vroeg hij.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\u2018Alle pissebedden lijken op elkaar.\u2019<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Kijk goed, zei meneer Cogito<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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en opende het luik naar de sterren<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Zie je het niet, vroeg hij.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\u2018Alle sterren stralen als vanouds.\u2019<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Kijk beter, zei meneer Cogito en<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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lichtte een steen uit de gevel.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Ruik je, vroeg hij met zijn neus dicht<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\u2018Fris en vrolijk is nog steeds het interieur.\u2019<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Hij bond mij de blinddoek voor<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Hij maakte van mijn zintuigen een vuist<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Hij gaf mij bevel te luisteren.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>
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Eerst hoorde ik niets dan het<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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klateren van een beek in een bos<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Daarna werd het aanzwellend applaus en<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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toen pas het gekletter van zwaarden<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Nog later werd het water steeds trager<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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en stolde tenslotte boven de daders.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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We waren terug in het bos.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Meneer Cogito tilde een kei op.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Ik deinsde achteruit.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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En dit is nog maar het begin<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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zei meneer Cogito.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Meneer Cogito in Rotterdam<\/h4>\r\n\r\n
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Zijn gelaatstrekken wijken<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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half op de achtergrond al<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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lijken zijn ronde ogen geloken<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Meneer Cogito spreekt<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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over de puzzelstukken van zijn bestaan<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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door anderen gelegd<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Tot een beeld dat hij<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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denkt te herkennen<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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op \u00e9\u00e9n stukje na<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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In de marmeren wand achter zijn rug<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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opent zich een deur<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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vol spiegelend licht<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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De vleugelloze engel zet<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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een zwarte stoel op het toneel<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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terwijl meneer Cogito over Hamlet spreekt<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Aan draden worden rotsen neergelaten<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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ze hangen, schommelen boven zijn witte hoofd terwijl hij<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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net over het heldere oog van kiezels begint<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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De engel wil dat hij gaat zitten<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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maar meneer Cogito weigert, hij wil nog graag<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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getuige zijn van de som, het totaal, waar alles om draait<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>
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De engel wenkt, zijn grafsteen wordt gelegd<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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compleet met jaartallen en naam en daarachter<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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de stoel, uitnodigend zwart<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Meneer Cogito, klein en beleefd, schudt zijn hoofd<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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al kijkend naar de stoel<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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wil hij \u2018Icarus\u2019 zeggen<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Plompverloren valt hij de engel in de armen<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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dit is het laatste beeld: meneer Cogito en de engel<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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zonder vleugels in een woordeloze omhelzing verstrengeld.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>
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De heer Cogito is een steeds terugkomende protagonist in het werk van Zbigniew Herbert, de Poolse dichter die vorig jaar tijdens Poetry International te Rotterdam voorlas.<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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