In Gilroy they sell garlic
Garlic coffee, apples, ice cream, and cookies
In Deventer, the colours are yellow:
mustard, tongues, and beards
the asphalt, roses, and the sun
paintings in the museum
dogs, clothes, mustard everywhere
mustard soup, salad, beans, tea, and eggs
They make a living from it, they are
what they eat, they would like to be
named Garlic and Mustard
to compete with Hamburg
Tabasco, Sardinia, Nîmes, and Genoa
Badminton, Bikini, or Cyprus at the least
But in the competition of interests
these dreams are far too big
although the world is getting smaller
maybe small enough for Deventer
to be a theme park with nothing
but books and mustard, a fairy tale
where everyone is welcome
to dream away a day
Jan 30
Jan 30, 2026 at 4:37 AM UTC
In Gilroy they sell garlic
Garlic coffee, apples, ice cream, and cookies
In Deventer, the colours are yellow:
mustard, tongues, and beards
the asphalt, roses, and the sun
paintings in the museum
dogs, clothes, mustard everywhere
mustard soup, salad, beans, tea, and eggs
They make a living from it, they are
what they eat, they would like to be
named Garlic and Mustard
to compete with Hamburg
Tabasco, Sardinia, Nîmes, and Genoa
Badminton, Bikini, or Cyprus at the least
But in the competition of interests
these dreams are far too big
although the world is getting smaller
maybe small enough for Deventer
to be a theme park with nothing
but books and mustard, a fairy tale
where everyone is welcome
to dream away a day
