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Zywa Sep 14
I have packed my things

and I am very surprised --


that they are so few.
Novel "The Message to the Planet" (1989, Iris Murdoch), part Six

Collection "Unspoken"
Zywa May 7
I go out and look

around my house as if it --


has to be cleared out.
Diary "De dood heeft mij een aanzoek gedaan - Over dood, leven en liefde" ("Death made me a proposal - About death, life, and love", 2010, Kristien Hemmerechts)

Collection "Being my own museum"
Amanda Kay Burke Jun 2023
Life is not about money or material things
It's about love and the joy it brings
I live by this mantra
Zywa Apr 2023
The Director stands

in his room like a farmer --


in his own courtyard.
"Het Bureau - De dood van Maarten Koning" ("The Office - The Death of Maarten Koning", 2000, Han Voskuil), blz. 43-44, Maarten Koning and director **** van de Marel (1987)

Collection "Not too bad [1974-1989]"
Zywa Feb 2023
The front wheel drags, grr,

short of breath I cycle on --


panting like a dog.
"In my bicycle" (2013, Lies Van Gasse), on cd-rom with the poem-collection "blijven & verreizen" by Herman Groenewegen
Zywa Oct 2022
There are no treasures:

all people are different --


in their own wishes.
#112 "Heer Bommel en de wisselschat" (#112 "Tom **** and the switcher treasure", 1965, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Zywa Jan 2022
I furnish my house

with more and more stuff, around --


the sewer system.
"Niet gek" ("Not crazy", 2021, Ellen Deckwitz)

Collection "Being my own museum"
Zywa May 2021
Never pick up gold,

it is lost by someone rich –


who will get it back.
#104 – “Heer Bommel en de Bovenbazen” (#104 – “Sir Bumble and the Heads of Heads”, 1963, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
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