Zywa Droppings

There is manure in the museum
where holiness smelled
when it was a chapel

You can smell the art
And see it, of course
Touch it if you like

There are flies
constantly adding art
to the walls

Low to the ground
an ever-denser pattern
of dots, small droppings

An image of life
Flying around together and
leaving behind droppings

Poem 6075
Amsterdam, 2026-07-07
A free life (Mariët Meester) - 2025
Autobiographical story "Een vrij leven", chapter VIII - May 1983, Groningen
Collection: Summer birds
Tribute to: Meester, Marriet 
 

People can be so

busy, many of them are --


dropping dead like flies.


Mensen zijn zo drukDie Menschen sind so
dat ze erbij neervallen --beschäftigt, sie fallen um --

als dode vliegen.wie tote Fliegen.

Poem S3193
Amsterdam, 2026-07-03
A free life (Mariët Meester) - 2025
Autobiographical story "Een vrij leven", chapter III - Early 1982, Groningen
Collection: High gear
Tribute to: Meester, Mariët 
 

Hey, the flies are gone,

both the summer and their lives --


are over again.


De vliegen zijn weg,Die Fliegen sind weg,
de zomer en hun leven --der Sommer und ihr Leben --

zijn alweer voorbij.schon wieder vorbei.

Poem H6269
Amsterdam, 2026-05-22
Autumn (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om høsten", part 3, chapter 'November', § 'Flies - Glemmingebro (near Ystad)
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove 
 

Chasing boys away

is like chasing flies away:


they will come right back.


Jongens wegjagen:Jungen verjagen:
zoals vliegen komen ze --wie Fliegen kommen sie so-

meteen weer terug.fort wieder zurück.

Poem S2950
Train Amsterdam-Heerlen, 2025-09-03
Diary 1974-1976 (Frida Vogels) - 2013
"Dagboek 1974-1976" - July 26th, 1976, San Severo
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

The fly explores me,

tickles my arms and my hands --


It cannot be caught.


De vlieg verkent mij,Die Fliege kommt mir
kriebelt op mijn handen, en --die Hände kitzeln, lässt sich --

laat zich niet vangen.dabei nicht fangen.

Poem H5114
Amsterdam, 2024-12-03
There's a fly gadding about the house (Emma Crebolder) - 2022
Poem "Er waart een vlieg in huis rond" (collection "uitlichten")
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Crebolder, Emma 
 

Zywa The Fly

Humans can be strong
like a bear, with a gun

or a cannon, and swim
like the fastest fish, with sails

or a motor, they can
even fly with large wings

that don't need to strike
and therefore are not real wings

An airplane is a thing
the true flyer is the Fly

All birds are jealous of it
because it wears the crown

of its name, credit
where credit is due: the Fly

Poem 2963
Amsterdam, 2020-04-26
Collection: Metamorphic body
Dedicated to: Lotte W 
 

My wide web catches

your messages, catches them --


like entangled flies.


Mijn wijde web vangtMein weites Netz fängt
jouw berichten, vangt ze als --deine Nachrichten ein, wie --

verstrikte vliegen.zappelnde Fliegen.

Poem S0608
Amsterdam, 2017-12-22
Still you send me signs, still messages travel (Frida Vogels) - 2013
Verse "Nog zend je me tekens, nog reizen boodschappen", published in "Diary 1974-1976" - June 24th, 1975, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

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