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Zywa Jul 20
By chance found again:

the butterfly box, the pins --


in circles of dust.
"Dagboek 1954-1957" ("Diary 1954-1957", 2005, Frida Vogels) - January 19th, 1955 in Milan

Collection "Trench Walking"
Zywa Jun 14
There is evidence

of what I had and did: signs --


of my existence.
Poem "Tussen wolken en aarde de tekens" ("Between clouds and earth the signs", 1997, Willem van Toorn)

Collection "Being my own museum"
Zywa Jun 11
You'll live long enough

to celebrate successes --


and suffer failures.
Novel "Victory City" [Vijayanagar >> Bisnaga] (2023, Salman Rushdie), part 1: Birth, chapter 1

Collection "Low gear"
Zywa Feb 28
Flowers wilt, even

if they are out of the sun --


and made of paper.
Poem "Genoeg" ("Enough", 2019, Bart Moeyaert)

Collection "Break"
Zywa Dec 2023
Only noticed in a small circle
and even so
not quite for who you are
      
and what you are able to, almost unneeded
unfortunately that is common
Time keeps going by
      
and later, life forgets
everyone and everything that was known
and then there is no difference anymore

Celebrity is a lie
pinned on a beacon
It does not matter
      
but sometimes you sit around doing nothing
and you feel that it is a pity
for your children, your friends and society
      
that you're not of more importance
or leave behind more
Time keeps going by
      
and life forgets what has been
Collection "Summer birds"
Zywa Nov 2022
The world rotates, nights

after days, and after peace --


the Master arrives.
#103 "Heer Bommel en de wilde wagen" (#103 "Tom **** and the wild wagon", 1963, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Zywa Oct 2022
I live my portion

of eternity, a cry --


gives me the shivers.
"Nearest Nameless" (2003, Charles Simic)

Collection "After the festivities"
Zywa Sep 2022
The square is so full

of tourists, and so empty --


of life like back then.
St. Mark's Square in Venice
"Grand Hotel Europa" (2018, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer)

Collection "Palace of the Night"
Zywa Aug 2022
Things just float over

my retina to the dark --


of oblivion.
"Wunsch" ("Wish", 1985, Hilde Domin)

Collection "VacantVoid"
Zywa Jul 2022
All things break down, and

they perish, fortunately --


slower than I do.
"Verhoudingskwestie" ("Matter of ratio", 2022, Ellen Deckwitz)

Collection "Death on Cast"
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