Zywa

Zywa Expensive names

Those in power no longer torture
a palace guard to rob a garden
from abroad for their lusts

no, nowadays money is enough
the magnetic big money
which always finds servants

Look closely at this painting
the colors are darker, and old
is the paint skin, forever

masterful are the brush strokes
yet this matter is only
just an attachment

for the trade in big names
the derivatives of art
with which profit is spoken

Poem 2313
Amsterdam, 2019-06-28
King Philip II (1527-1598) bought the triptych "Garden of Delights" (from 1480-1490, by Jheronymus Bosch) in 1591, which Alva in 1567/1568 had robbed from the palace of William of Orange-Nassau (1533-1584) in Brussels
Collection: BloodTrunk
Keywords: Art (value), Prestige: status
Tribute to: Bosch, Jheronymus

Zywa The Ship of Fools

The voyage is turbulent
but the ship
is a beautiful ship

though there are no ship gnomes
to help the whole lot escape, no
only fools on board

singing songs of freedom
and toasting to distant beaches
Alas, we get off our course

The magnetic field loses strength
and the north pole is shifting
Ports remain unread

Barnacles grab us by the keel
growing anchors into the depths
of the troubled waters

Unreachable, the moon draws
a sweet scent in the salty air
Who could live there?

Poem 4511
Amsterdam, 2022-06-05
The Ship of Fools (Plato) - -407
"Ship of fools" (in book IV of "Politeia" ["The Republic"], 407 BC, Plato)
"Het narrenschip" ("The Ship of Fools", 1491, Hieronymus Bosch)
"Ship of Fools" and "Land Ho!" (album "Morrison Hotel", 1970, The Doors)
Since 1900, the North Magnetic Pole has shifted 1,100 km towards Canada, and since 1850, the strength of the magnetic field has decreased by 10%
Collection: Migration
Keyword: Stupidity
Tribute to: Plato; Bosch, Jheronymus

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