Quickly through the gates:
don't let the scissors of state --
decapitate you.
Snel de poortjes door:	Schnell durch die Tore:
laat de scharen van de staat --	lass dich nicht von der Schere --
je niet onthoofden.	des Staates köpfen.

Poem H6237
Amsterdam, 2026-05-10
1984 (George Orwell) - 1949
Novel "nineteen eighty-four", part 1, shopkeeper Charrington explains the children's song "Oranges and Lemons" ("The Bells of St. Clement's") to Winston Smith
The two children forming a gate try to clamp the head of the child walking underneath between their arms; this is exactly how the repressive state acts
Collection: Tightrope walk
Keyword: Life: survival (effort) 
Tribute to: Orwell, George