Zywa

Zywa Bushes of love

Insatiable angels float
through the park, wearing wings
of fear and a crown that hurts
Their heart is wounded, lonely
and it no longer knows who it dwells in

The trees cannot help them
Pickpockets lurk in the bushes
of hidden love
The alderman sends police
into the night with handcuffs

People are closing up their homes
They hear, see, and speak no evil
An owl in the hollow of a tree
calls the hour of truth
and my eyes start to water

Poem 5242
Amsterdam, 2023-06-12
A***f***ers Park - 1 (Namdea Dhasal) - 1986
Poem (collection "Gandu Bagicha")
Collection: Changing Times
Keywords: Love: forbidden, Alone: lonely
Tribute to: Dhasal, Namdea

Zywa Wake up

Live! Not dying
like all the sad-eyed people
but like the dog
that dances in the window

Wake up and look
There's sun, there's stars
there's daisies
and it swirls
in your sex

Wake up to a poem
Your blood flows
Spring comes and
there's bread in the oven

I'm not saying anything new
My words are clear
as water, as your soul
The sea falls and rises
but man is cruel

Poem 5240
Amsterdam, 2023-06-12
Cruelty (Namdea Dhasal) - 1973
Poem (collection "Golpitha")
Collection: Changing Times
Keywords: Awareness: senses, Beauty: earth
Tribute to: Dhasal, Namdea

Zywa Dreaming of Hell

Why are there people dreaming
of hell, a formless world
with leafless trees, beastly

people, thirsty victims
theatres where the murders are real
and of slogans written in blood?

Why do they fantasise like this
about a better life
about a new beginning?

Why are there people dreaming
of freedom, equality, fraternity
without prelates and politicians?

Why don't they sing
the song of humanity
Why

do they numb themselves
to explode
their pettiness?

Poem 5230
Amsterdam, 2023-06-05
Man, you should explode (Namdea Dhasal) - 1972
Poem (collection "Golpitha", 1973)
Collection: Changing Times
Keywords: Apocalypse, Heaven / Sky / Hell
Tribute to: Dhasal, Namdea

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