Wish whistle Gislaved

whistle the spirit
from thought to action

it’s not far
if we whistle
we will solve the problem
if there is a problem
we will whistle

nothing is that simple

no one is saying that it’s simple

the returning Småland man
is whistling still
as is his goat
somehow you always get back
It’s worse if you want to get away

flying on a carpet
it’s not easy
but it’s clever
that spirit

isn’t that the Gnosjö spirit

a Swedish auntie cast in bronze
standing in the square
cleansing in the square
not whistling
but smiling
“we are the ones who built Småland”

“Villa Låteralla” whistles dilapidated
once Refused played so hard the floor caved in every story has its truth
every villa has its parties
every mill has its orchestra
every orchestra its trombonist
its audience
that are cousins
or married to the trombonist
engaged to the cellist
mother of the conductor

every member of the orchestra
has their yoke to carry
their joy to celebrate
every town has its cliché
is the spirit a cliché
the spirit is a spirit

is in Gnosjö

am in Gislaved
heading for the cliché

whistling

so tiring
so incredibly tiring

better get the facts
all the facts that can be got

almost all of the plastic
everything that’s plastic is made here
bowls and buckets
little pipettes
marionettes

the spirit is not dead
just because the rubber
stopped whistling

the spirit lives
whistles
in to Gislaved for work
out of Gislaved for sleep

no one cries over rubber
spilled rubber
there is a node in the forest
that still whistles shouts

on the carpet a goat
on the square a bronze auntie
humans of flesh and blood
traversing across
from all corners
rooted in Gislaved

rooting
is not easy
no one is saying it’s easy

worth a try

that spirit

“we are the ones who build Gislaved”