They take off my clothes
and smell my mouth and my heart --
whether I love you.
Ze kleden me uit,	Sie ziehen mich aus,
ruiken aan mijn mond en hart --	riechen meinen Mund, mein Herz --
of ik van jou houd.	ob ich dich liebe.

Poem S1686
Amsterdam, 2023-02-20
In this blind alley (Ahmad Shamlou) - 1979
Poem
After Ruhollah Khomeini's return to Iran, on February 1^st, 1979
Collection: Whirligig Scribbler
Keyword: Power: wielding 
Tribute to: Shamlou, Ahmad