Zywa Don't feed the animals

With a broad chest
a masturbating tongue
beautiful feathers, a hot breath
and a forked tongue
they live on our skin

We little horny rats in the eyes
of the screaming crowd
that rattles the fences
in the zoo, the cages
in which we are trapped

The gorillas who clear the way
the hyena who says she is helping
the peacock who dresses our hair
the dragon for our image and
the hissing of the tour manager

Don't step on their tails
and don't feed them, please
Just let their airs
explode, no more ground
beneath their feet

Gedicht 5572
Amsterdam, 2024-10-22
the ground beneath her feet (Salman Rushdie) - 1999
Novel, chapters 1 The Keeper of Bees, 12 Transformer, 13 On Pleasure Island
Music album "Hot rats" (1969, Frank Zappa)

Collection: Low gear
Keywords: Honour / Fame, Pride: arrogance 
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 

Blue lights, pink answers,

tomfoolery all about --


Feel free to join us!


Blauw licht, rood antwoord,Blaues Licht, Antwort
een en al gekkigheid hier --rosa, alles Narrheit hier --
Doe maar mee met ons!Du kannst mitmachen!

Gedicht H3265
Amsterdam, 2022-04-08
We are not alone (Frank Zappa) - 1983
Composition (album "The Man From Utopia")
Frank Zappa Tribute band "2000 Motels" (Q-Factory in Amsterdam, April 8th, 2022)

Collection: Greeting from before
Keyword: Party: celebrate 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

I like to do it

in the spotlight. Do you think --


I'm looking at you?


Ja, ik doe het graagIch tu es gerne
in de spotlights. Wat denk jij?im Rampenlicht. Was denkst du?
Dat ik naar jou kijk?Ich sehe dich an?

Gedicht H3266
Amsterdam, 2022-04-08
Crew Slut (Frank Zappa) - 1979
Song (album "Joe's Garage")
Valentina Bruno in the Frank Zappa Tribute band "2000 Motels" (Q-Factory in Amsterdam, April 8th, 2022)

Collection: Frames
Keyword: In love: allurement 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

We're ready for you,

you can come for a nice break --


Then we'll come as well.


We staan voor je klaar,Wir stehen bereit,
kom je even tussendoor?kommst du, mal schnell dazwischen?
Dan komen wij ook.Dann kommen wir auch.

Gedicht S1389
Amsterdam, 2022-04-08
Crew Slut (Frank Zappa) - 1979
Song (album "Joe's Garage")
Frank Zappa Tribute band "2000 Motels" (Q-Factory in Amsterdam, April 8th, 2022)

Collection: May the Might
Keyword: Desire (lust) 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

My feelers, reaching

far in the universe: stoned --


by cosmic debris.


Au, mijn voelsprietenMeine Fühler im
in het heelal: gestenigd --Universum: gesteinigt --
door kosmisch puin.von Kosmotrümmern.

Gedicht S1112
Amsterdam, 2020-12-18
Cosmik Debris (Frank Zappa) - 1974
Song on the album "Apostrophe (')
Collection: Moist glow
Keyword: Illusions:  
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

The dogs are running

to the northern lights, watch out!


Don't eat yellow snow!


De honden rennenDie Hunde rennen
naar het noorderlicht, pas op!zum Nordlicht, vorsicht, und iss --
Eet geen gele sneeuw!keinen gelben Schnee!

Gedicht H2861
Amsterdam, 2020-12-18
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow (Frank Zappa) - 1974
Song on the album "Apostrophe (')
Collection: Moist glow
Keyword: Danger 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

Mental floss for sale!

It's new! Use it every day --


then you will know why!


Hersenflos te koop!Neu! Gehirnseide!
Nieuw! Gebruik het elke dag --Verwende es jeden Tag --
dan weet je waarom!dann weißt du warum!

Gedicht S1390
Amsterdam, 2022-04-08
Montana (Frank Zappa) - 1973
Tribute to Frank Zappa's criticism (with a reference to the song "Montana" (1973, Frank Zappa, album "Over-Nite Sensation": "Raisin' my lonely dental floss")
Collection: Secrets & Believers
Keyword: Reason: logic 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

The plains are covered

with dental floss to be plucked --


with heavy tweezers.


De vlaktes staan volAuf den Ebenen
met tanddraad om te plukken --wächst Zahnseide zum Zupfen --
met een zwaar pincet.mit Schwerpinzetten.

Gedicht H2860
Amsterdam, 2020-12-17
Montana (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1973
Song on the album "Over-Nite Sensation"
Collection: Truder
Keyword: Fantasy: 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank; The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

My sweet dynamo

turns me on, wow, I love her --


humming overnight.


O, mijn dynamoMeine Dynamo
windt me op, ik houd van haar --reizt mich an, ich liebe ihr --
zoemen in de nacht.Summen in der Nacht.

Gedicht H2859
Amsterdam, 2020-12-17
Dinah-Moe Humm (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1973
Song on the album "Over-Nite Sensation"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 60s and 70s
Keyword: Love: sex 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank; The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

Women recognise

the longing look in my eyes --


old like a vampire.


Vrouwen herkennenFrauen erkennen
het verlangen in mijn blik --das Sehnen in meinem Blick --
oud als een vampier.alt wie ein Vampir.

Gedicht H2858
Amsterdam, 2020-12-17
Zomby Woof (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1973
Song on the album "Over-Nite Sensation"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 60s and 70s
Keyword: Desire (lust) 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank; The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

I don't look like much,

but I can sing you my song --


of a hard desire.


Ik zie er niet uit,Ich seh aus wie nichts,
maar ik zing voor jou mijn lied --aber singe dir mein Lied --
van stijf verlangen.der harten Sehnsucht.

Gedicht H2857
Amsterdam, 2020-12-17
Fifty-Fifty (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1973
Song on the album "Over-Nite Sensation"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 60s and 70s
Keyword: Love: wish (expressed) 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank; The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

Dream softly and pink

of my dragon, swallow him --


bite and chew his neck!


Droom zacht en rozeTräume rosa weich
van mijn draak en verzwelg hem --von meinem Drachen, schluck ihn --
bijt hem in zijn nek!beiße seinen Hals!

Gedicht H2856
Amsterdam, 2020-12-17
Dirty Love (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1973
Song on the album "Over-Nite Sensation"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 60s and 70s
Keyword: Love: sex 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank; The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

Shows will ooze their slime

from the screen, until we're full --


no longer useful.


Shows druipen hun slijkShows sickern nur Schlamm
van het scherm, tot we vol zijn --vom Bildschirm, bis wir voll sind --
en niet meer bruikbaar.nutzlos geworden.

Gedicht S1110
Amsterdam, 2020-12-17
I'm the Slime (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1973
Song on the album "Over-Nite Sensation"
Collection: Truder
Keyword: Consume 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank; The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

She sings and dances

for money, in rancid clothes --


her skin smells of soap.


Ze zingt en ze danstSie singt und sie tanzt
voor geld, in gore kleren --um das Geld, in Stinkkleidern --
ruikt haar huid naar zeep.riecht ihre Haut süß.

Gedicht H2855
Amsterdam, 2020-12-17
Camarillo Brillo (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1973
Song on the album "Over-Nite Sensation"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 60s and 70s
Keyword: Desire (lust) 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank; The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

The best deals for you:

yummie ritsing and rushing --


yummie pussycats!


Koop de beste deals:Top-Angebote:
lekker ritsen en roezen --lecker ritzen und rauschen --
lekkere poezen!leckere Schmuschi!

Gedicht S1111
Amsterdam, 2020-12-18
Willie the Pimp (Frank Zappa) - 1969
Song on the album "Hot Rats"
Frank Zappa: "On 'The Shadow of Your Smile', Archie Shepp played a solo that sounded to me like an army of pre-heated rats screaming out of his saxophone"

Collection: Truder
Keyword: Abuse (for money) 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

Zywa Love arrows

Any way the wind blows
that's where people fall in love
until the poison stops working
your loved one pulls out
the arrow and makes you cry

No more sweet words
only the popular songs
about your own pitifulness
the widespread disbelief
in real real love

and the general envy
of cheap sensations, as if
people wish for nothing else
and have nothing more
to offer than that

Beware, wherever you are
there is always a fountain of love
nearby, where the world stands still
from timeless happiness
sealed with a coin

Gedicht 4243
Amsterdam, 2021-12-21
Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1968
Album "Cruising with Ruben & the Jets"
Collection: Greeting from before
Keyword: Love: romance 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank; The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 

Zywa Pandora's Box, 8118 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood

Fellow countrymen, everyone can choose
there is a parliament for sale
     If you don't choose, you don't participate
there are nations, as many as you like
new mums and daddies
     They have plastic thoughts
With a button you open daddy's hand
for this week's pocket money
     Plastic stinks when it melts
There are nice little cars
convertibles and antiques
     Your salary goes to the factory
dogs and little balls: poo
and blood for the car accident
     The factory belongs to all of us
removable intestines
stretchers and body bags
     It stinks when it melts
New is the DeLuxe box
     But love is not plastic
with screeching, screaming and sirens
     Love is not for sale

Gedicht 4240
Amsterdam, 2021-12-20
Absolutely Free (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1967
- "Plastic People"
- "Uncle Bernie's Farm"
Songs on the album "Absolutely Free" (1967, The Mothers of Invention)

Collection: Greeting from before
Keyword: Consume 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank; The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 

Reason is suspect,

for people having their own --


ruthless brain police.


Verstand is verdacht,Verstand: verdächtig,
voor mensen met een eigen --für jemandes eigenen --
hersenpolitie.Gehirnpolizei.

Gedicht S1446
Amsterdam, 2022-07-04
Who Are the Brain Police? (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1966
Song (album "Freak Out!")
Frank Zappa in a 1988 interview: "A lot of people police their own brains. They're like citizen soldiers, so to speak. I've seen people who will willingly arrest, try and punish their own brains. Now that's really sad. That's vigilante brain policism. It's not even official, it's like self-imposed."

Collection: On the fly
Keyword: Reason: ignore 
Tribute to: The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 

Well, do I matter?

Who wants me the way I am?


Who should I go to?


Doe ik er wel toe?Ach, bin ich wichtig?
Wie wil mij zoals ik ben?Wer will mich so wie ich bin?
Bij wie moet ik zijn?Zu wem soll ich geh'n?

Gedicht S1445
Amsterdam, 2022-07-04
I'm Not Satisfied (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1966
Song (album "Freak Out!")
Collection: Specialities
Keyword: People: individuals 
Tribute to: The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 

Help, I'm made of stone,

for I didn't know what I could --


and wanted to be!


Help, ik ben van steen,Ich bin aus Stein, ich
want ik wist niet wat ik kon --wusste nicht, was ich könnte --
en wilde worden!und werden wollte!

Gedicht S1444
Amsterdam, 2022-07-04
Help, I'm a Rock! (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1966
Song (album "Freak Out!")
Collection: Specialities
Keyword: Self-expression 
Tribute to: The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 

Zywa Good citizens

Pupils are grown
properly raised
to be good Mouths
in the shopping society

They are hungry
for another life
but there are laws
and police forces

for those who do not participate
and complain about lack
of opportunities, but believe me
I figured it out:

It can't happen here
Mama Mia, not here
Do not worry
We are safe

Gedicht 4237
Amsterdam, 2021-12-19
Freak Out! (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1966
- "Hungry Freaks, Daddy"
- "It Can't Happen Here"
Songs on the album "Freak Out!" (1966, The Mothers of Invention)

Collection: Greeting from before
Keyword: Resistance 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank; The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 

The news, every day:

fires are burning in the streets --


right out of the hearts.


Het nieuws, dag na dag:Nachrichten, täglich:
er branden vuren op straat --Brandherde auf den Straßen --
recht vanuit het hart.direkt von Herzen.

Gedicht S1388
Amsterdam, 2022-04-08
Trouble Every Day (Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention) - 1965
Song (album "Freak Out!", 1966, The Mothers of Invention)
Frank Zappa Tribute band "2000 Motels" (Q-Factory in Amsterdam, April 8th, 2022)

Collection: High gear
Keyword: Equality: inequality 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank; The Mothers of Invention 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

Finally famous,

for some photos half naked --


next to the toilet.


Eindelijk beroemd,Endlich mal berühmt,
door een paar foto's half bloot --von ein Paar Fotos halb nackt --
naast de wc-pot.neben dem WC.

Gedicht S1391
Amsterdam, 2022-04-09
Mocking at fame
Online shaming
In the summer of 1967, Robert Davidson took photos of Frank Zappa in his hotel in London
In 1983 Frank Zappa said about these photos: "I'm probably more famous for sitting on the toilet than for anything else")

Collection: Frames
Keyword: Honour / Fame 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

It's all about fun,

and skilfulness, oh, no sex!


Forget the words!


Het gaat om plezier,Es dreht sich um Spaß,
en bekwaamheid, oh, geen seks!und Kompetenz, oh, kein Sex!
Vergeet de woorden!Vergiss die Worte!

Gedicht H3264
Amsterdam, 2022-04-08
Frank Zappa Tribute band "2000 Motels" (Q-Factory in Amsterdam, April 8th, 2022)
Don't mind the vulgar lyrics

Collection: WoofWoof
Keyword: Music: playful 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

I nod in strict time,

yes, more, yes, it invites me --


it inexcites me.


Ik knik in de maat,Ich nicke im Takt,
ja, meer, ja, ja, het wint me --ja, mehr, ja, es gewinnt mich --
het winwindt me op.es windet mich auf.

Gedicht H3263
Amsterdam, 2022-04-08
Frank Zappa Tribute band "2000 Motels" (Q-Factory in Amsterdam, April 8th, 2022)
Collection: WoofWoof
Keyword: Surrender 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

My show, the middle

of the music, excitement --


pushing around me.


Mijn show, middeninMeine Show, Mitte
de muziek, de opwinding --der Musik, die Aufregung --
stuwend om mij heen.drängt um mich herum.

Gedicht H3262
Amsterdam, 2022-04-08
Frank Zappa Tribute band "2000 Motels" (Q-Factory in Amsterdam, April 8th, 2022)
Collection: WoofWoof
Keyword: Music: rhythm 
Tribute to: Zappa, Frank 
Composer: Zappa, Frank 
Dedicated to: Valentina Bruno 

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