No more bicycles:
with the tram
No more trams:
on roller skates
until they break
On clogs
until raids close everything
No more electricity
No more candles
No more stolen oil
No more charcoal
No more trees
No more books
only the clothes on one's back
No more bread:
grinding wheat
in the coffee grinder
No more wheat:
cooking rye grains
No more rye:
begging tours
No more winter coats:
worn coats made of blankets
curtains on the beds
A cold house, hunger
and fear, and time
that stands still
at hope
Jun 29, 2025
Jun 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM UTC
No more bicycles:
with the tram
No more trams:
on roller skates
until they break
On clogs
until raids close everything
No more electricity
No more candles
No more stolen oil
No more charcoal
No more trees
No more books
only the clothes on one's back
No more bread:
grinding wheat
in the coffee grinder
No more wheat:
cooking rye grains
No more rye:
begging tours
No more winter coats:
worn coats made of blankets
curtains on the beds
A cold house, hunger
and fear, and time
that stands still
at hope
'Hongerwinter': the Dutch famine of 1944-1945
Autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken" ("In foreign parts - Chronicles", 2024, Frida Vogels), chapter 'Oorlogsherinneringen' (Memories of war)
Collection "Trench Walking"
