Zywa I started to smell

Dad blew bubbles
against my belly
and between my legs

Dad woke me up
to pee, and massaged me
inside

     On his calendar
     Dad puts signs
     for the safe times

     I started to smell
     of fear, infected
     by the smell of my sisters

          That invited him
          You can come, it's safe
          we dare not do anything

          or say anything
          we want to cover it up
          But no perfume is strong enough

               I look seriously
               in the mirror
               and I don't see it

               I am praised
               for my beautiful drawings
               of tortured women

Poem 3827
Amsterdam, 2021-05-27
Falling is like flying (Manon Uphoff) - 2019
Book "Vallen is als vliegen"
Collection: Bruises
Keyword: Rape (at home / family) 
Tribute to: Uphoff, Manon 


My sisters and Mum

are talking in their palace --


of nicotine smoke.


Mijn zussen pratenDie Schwestern reden
met mama in hun paleis --hinten in ihrem Palast --

van nicotine.von Nikotinrauch.

Poem S1179
Amsterdam, 2021-05-24
Falling is like flying (Manon Uphoff) - 2019
Book "Vallen is als vliegen"
Collection: Shelter
Keyword: Comfort (consolation) 
Tribute to: Uphoff, Manon 


The fish requests for

asylum, with a suitcase --


I open my mouth.


De vis vraagt asiel,Der Fisch fragt Asyl,
met een logeerkoffertje --mit einem Reisekoffer --

Ik open mijn mond.Ich öffn' meinen Mund.

Poem H2963
Amsterdam, 2021-05-24
Falling is like flying (Manon Uphoff) - 2019
Book "Vallen is als vliegen"
Collection: Shelter
Keyword: Home: displaced 
Tribute to: Uphoff, Manon 


The tomcat returns,,

step by step in his own track --


of paws in the snow.


De poes loopt terug,Die Katze geht Schritt
stap voor stap in haar eigen --für Schritt zurück in ihre --

pootjes in de sneeuw.Pfötchenspur im Schnee.

Poem H2962
Amsterdam, 2021-05-24
Falling is like flying (Manon Uphoff) - 2019
Book "Vallen is als vliegen"
Collection: Shelter
Keywords: Truth: concealed, Animals: cat 
Tribute to: Uphoff, Manon 



Zywa I want to fly

Is there a language for
me, who I am?

I want to speak out
otherwise I cannot exist

I refuse to languish
in a corner

the filth

of what happened
not pretend that

nothing has happened
and live around it

around myself, around
the discomfort in me

about the nice experiences
which let the other ones in

the unnameable
things he did

that made me fall
without flying

Poem 2177
Amsterdam, 2019-03-23
Falling is like flying (Manon Uphoff) - 2019
Book "Vallen is als vliegen"
Collection: Bruises
Keyword: Rape (at home / family) 
Tribute to: Uphoff, Manon 


I pulsate shock waves

of pleasure that start pushing --


tides into the sea.


Vloeibaar pulseer ikIch pulsiere Schock-
schokgolven genot, ik jaag --wellen der Lust, ich jage --

getijden in zee.Gezeiten ins Meer.

Poem H3482
Noordwijkerhout, 2022-10-04
The dream of the fisherman's wife (Manon Uphoff) - 2017
Story
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Keyword: Desire (craving, lust) 
Tribute to: Uphoff, Manon 


It's excitingly

dangerous, disgust shoves me --


to the pool of lust.


Het is opwindendEs ist aufregend
gevaarlijk, afkeer duwt me --gefährlich, Ekel drängt mich --

naar de poel van lust.zum Pfuhl der Begehr.

Poem H3481
Noordwijkerhout, 2022-10-04
The dream of the fisherman's wife (Manon Uphoff) - 2017
Story
Drawing "tako to ama" (octopus/vulva of the female diver) of a woman and two octopuses (1814, Hokusai)

Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Keyword: Desire (craving, lust) 
Tribute to: Uphoff, Manon 


I sniff up the sea

in the room, salty, fishy --


I'm agog, waiting.


Ik snuif de zee opIch schnupfe das Meer
in de kamer, zilt en vissig --im Raum, salzig und fischig --

en lig te wachten.ich warte gespannt.

Poem H3480
Noordwijkerhout, 2022-10-04
The dream of the fisherman's wife (Manon Uphoff) - 2017
Story
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Keyword: Desire (craving, lust) 
Tribute to: Uphoff, Manon 


She shows me the bed

in which I will be a guest --


and laughs in herself.


Ze wijst me het bedSie zeigt mir das Bett,
waarin ik te gast zal zijn --in dem ich Gast sein werde --

en lacht in zichzelf.und sie lacht in sich.

Poem H3479
Noordwijkerhout, 2022-10-04
The dream of the fisherman's wife (Manon Uphoff) - 2017
Story
Drawing "tako to ama" (octopus/vulva of the female diver) of a woman and two octopuses (1814, Hokusai)

Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Keyword: Hospitality 
Tribute to: Uphoff, Manon 


I am excited,

I follow him, curious --


mostly about me.


Ik ga met hem mee,Ich bin aufgeregt,
opgewonden, nieuwsgierig --ich folge ihm, neugierig --

vooral naar mezelf.zumeist auf mich selbst.

Poem H3478
Amsterdam, 2022-10-02
Desire (Manon Uphoff) - 1995
Story "Begeerte"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Keyword: Teenager (growing up) 
Tribute to: Uphoff, Manon 


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