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Zywa Mar 25
The flawless bellhop

carefully lays my suitcase --


down like a loved one.
Novel "De stiefmoeder" (2011, "The Stepmother", Renate Dorrestein), part 'Claire', chapter One

Collection "Old sore"
Zywa Mar 24
I stand helpless in

the lake, where is the vulture --


that will rescue me?
From poem "1" in the collection "Hogere natuurkunde" ("Higher Physics", 2019, Ellen Deckwitz), page 16-17

Collection "Death on Cast"
Zywa Mar 24
Plenty of spotlights

under the bridge, spooky, what --


could have happened here?
From poem "3" in the collection "Hogere natuurkunde" ("Higher Physics", 2019, Ellen Deckwitz), page 26 (-27)

Collection "Death on Cast"
Zywa Mar 23
There's nothing to eat in the kitchen
of Charles Frank Watchman
born here in this town

and deceased last winter
We polish the worktop
made from his gravestone

There is not a scratch on it
The coffin in which he lay
have we traded for

nothing, bacon and beans
Times are changing
but inequality is not

no matter how many marches
we walk to the Great Golden
White, Pink, or Blue House
La Casona (Great House) in Caracas, Domus Aurea (Golden House) of Emperor Nero in Rome, White House in Washington DC, Bely Dom (White House) in Moscow and Bishkek, Casa Rosada (Pink House) in Buenos Aires, Cheong Wa Dae (Pavilion of Blue Tiles) in Seoul, and Plavi Dvorac (Blue Palace) in Cetinje

"Mijn zwagers in Venezuela bleken kilo's afgevallen" ("My brothers-in-law in Venezuela turned out to have lost kilos", September 5th, 2016, Koen Greven in NRC)

Collection "On living on [2]"
Zywa Mar 23
Well, could a fifth wheel

ever be useful as an --


emergency wheel?
Collection "On living on [2]"
Zywa Mar 22
Don't stand there staring

at the horizon, but look --


where you are and go.
Theatre performance "Holly Goosebumps" (2025, Ada Ozdogan)

Collection "Here &Now&"
Zywa Mar 22
Look up, look beyond

the point where you stand, the stars --


will show you the way.
Diane Sawyer's interview "Science will win" with Stephen Hawking (and his daughter Lucy) on ABC (June 7th, 2010) --- Song "Sammy" (1966, Ramses Shaffy, album "Ramses II")

Collection "Here &Now&"
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