Some people live on
in a book, thanks to bottles --
of eternal ink.
Soms leeft iemand voort	Manchmal lebt man fort
in een boek, dankzij flesjes --	in einem Buch, dank Fläschchen --
met eeuwige inkt.	ewiger Tinte.

Poem H4801
Amsterdam, 2024-07-24
Grimus (Salman Rushdie) - 1975
Novel
(A Simurg(h) ['Thirty birds'] is a Persian legendary creature, an omniscient bird, symbol for someone's world of thought) - Characters can live for many generations - The eternity potion is sun-yellow
Collection: Shadows
Keyword: Writing: preserve 
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman