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Zywa Jun 2023
I pick up plants from the street and slow down
Caring with soil, scissors and cotton wool
I slow down and cook, for him, and with him
everything else slows down. I don't do much

At first wilfully, daily exercises
and meditation, my body asked for it
Attention

Esther covered my skin, he caresses
it, he catches my navel lint
Childish games, silly jokes
Giggling like a lama

Cuddling, energy
from the sun behind my clouds
Peace of on and off buttons

The slower ******* and spitting
of the ganglia in my head
No more overdrive
All neural pathways know it
Zhineng Qigong = Wise and Skillful Handling of the Energy of Life

"Guru" = "Weighty" of knowledge, spiritual teacher
"Lama" = "Soul-Mother", "Highest Mother"

On and off buttons: agonists and antagonists, the biochemical signal substances that imitate the effect of a hormone

Overdrive = acceleration of the wheels relative to the engine, by installing an extra gear

For Maria Godschalk

Collection "Bruises"
Zywa May 2023
Everything goes slow,

his walking, his answering --


Always three dots first...
Novel "Ik ben er niet" ("I'm not there", 2020, Lize Spit), page 347-348

Collection "Shelter"
Zywa Apr 2023
I am as the phrase

goes, deep in thought, pondering --


just about nothing.
"Het Bureau - De dood van Maarten Koning" ("The Office - The Death of Maarten Koning", 2000, Han Voskuil), page 165, Maarten Koning and Joost Kraai (1988)

Collection "Not too bad [1974-1989]"
Zywa Jan 2022
At times a boat, car,

or delivery, the town --


has been ruralised.
Lockdown because of Covid-19

Collection "Slow circles"

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