I am not cheerful,
but even so I'm not that --
uncheerful, am I?
Ik ben niet vrolijk,	Ich bin nicht fröhlich,
maar och, zo onopgewekt --	aber so unfröhlich auch --
ben ik toch ook niet?	wieder nicht, oder?

Poem H6087
Amsterdam, 2026-01-31
My struggle 2. A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Andre bok", part 3 - March 5th, 2004, Stockholm
In Norwegian: Ulykkelig (uncheerful)
Collection: Leaving
Keywords: Identity: personality, Identity: self-image 
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove