Sunday, December 17, 2006

The Yuletide lads - part 8

Door Slammer
( Hurðaskellir )

The seventh was Door Slammer,
a sorry, vulgar chap:
When people in the twilight
would take a little nap,
he was happy as a lark
with the havoc he could wreak,
slamming doors and hearing
the hinges on them sqeak.
    By Jóhannes úr Kötlum / Translated by Hallberg Hallmundsson
      Pictures/Copyright©Olafur Petursson

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