The echo resounds
through the dead-end alley, tags --
are left on the walls.
De echo weerkaatst	Das Echo schallt durch
in de doodlopende steeg --	die Sackgasse, hinterlässt --
zet tags op de muur.	Tags an den Wänden.

Poem S2996
Amsterdam, 2025-10-28
The motto (Alara Adilow) - 2022
Poem "Het motto", collection "Mythen en stoplichten" ("Myths and traffic lights")
Collection: Glimpsed
Keyword: Danger: hidden 
Tribute to: Adilow, Alara 

I sing songs, at night
on my own under the slide --
in the city park.
Ik zing liedjes, 's nachts	Ich singe Lieder,
in mijn eentje onder de --	ganz allein nachts unter der --
glijbaan in het park.	Rutsche im Stadtpark.

Poem S2995
Amsterdam, 2025-10-28
Blue sign (Alara Adilow) - 2022
Poem "Blauw teken", published on the dig website (de internet gids, October 19th, 2022), and in the collection "Mythen en stoplichten" ("Myths and traffic lights")
Collection: Shelter
Keyword: Alone: loner / single 
Tribute to: Adilow, Alara 

Snatching rivals in
sheep's clothing is supposed to --
be democratic?
Je concurrenten	Seine Rivale
verschalken in schaapskleren --	im Schafspelz erhaschen soll --
is democratisch?	demokratisch sein?

Poem S2993
Amsterdam, 2025-10-28
Grant me a language in which I can engage in genderless relationships with the world (Alara Adilow) - 2022
Poem "Schenk mij een taal waarin ik genderloze verhoudingen kan aangaan met de wereld", collection "Mythen en stoplichten" ("Myths and traffic lights")
Collection: May the Might
Keywords: Power: manipulation, Politics 
Tribute to: Adilow, Alara 

My penis remains
a caterpillar, it won't --
be a butterfly.
Onze penissen	Ach, mein Penis bleibt
blijven rupsen, ze zullen --	eine Raupe, er wird kein --
nooit vlinders worden.	Schmetterling werden.

Poem S2994
Amsterdam, 2025-10-28
The cave (Alara Adilow) - 2021
Poem "De grot", published in Tirade #483 (March 2021, annual number 65), and in the collection "Mythen en stoplichten" ("Myths and traffic lights") - A boy who wants to be a girl
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2020-2029
Keywords: Identity: physical, Animals: caterpillar / pupa 
Tribute to: Adilow, Alara