Raped, dare to put down

roots again, let the old ones --


go, you say, you say.


Verkracht, weer wortelsVergewaltigt, schlag
durven schieten, de oude --wieder Wurzeln, die alten --

loslaten, zeg jij.loslassen, sagst du.

Poem H4049
Amsterdam, 2023-08-17
the earth is full of it (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Poem "dit spuls die aarde vol" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie 
 

The psychiatrist

desperately deals hard blows --


to me, to my thoughts.


De psychiaterDe Psychiater
deelt aan mij, mijn gedachten --versetzt meinen Gedanken --

harde klappen uit.knallharte Schläge.

Poem H3943
Amsterdam, 2023-07-11
The Good Apprentice (Iris Murdoch) - 1985
Novel, chapter 3, part 5
'Desperate cases require desperate remedies'
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

For stability

I bear the dictatorship --


of the medicines.


Voor stabiliteitFür Stabilität
verdraag ik de dictatuur --dulde ich die Diktatur --

van medicijnen.der Medizinen.

Poem S1215
Amsterdam, 2021-08-17
Strong medicines (to survive) have side effects
The Taliban conquer Afghanistan
Collection: On living on [1]
 

No bacteria

present in the chest X-ray:


just smoke, without fire.


Op de longfotoAuf dem Röntgenbild
zie ik geen bacteriën --seh ich statt Bakterien

maar rook, zonder vuur.Rauch, ohne Feuer.

Poem H2587
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2019-10-17
ICU (Intensive Care Unit) of the Health Care Centre of Our Lady, location East
Collection: Life line 
 

Zywa Saliva

I visit Epidauros
for the temple and pay
the costs at the gate

Here Health's father
heals people, a snake eats
from the bowl in her hand

I get a seat in the court
and a cup of herbal drink
Half asleep I see a snake

coming out of the temple
I feel it licking my toe
but I dream

of a young man
who gently rubs soft ointment
on the sore that torments me

I receive a rod and
the spirit of the snake
winds around it

young in a new skin

Poem 2384
Amsterdam, 2019-08-01
Asclepius and his daughter Hygieia ("Health")
Tamed snakes: Zamenis longissimus (Aesculapian snake) and Elaphe quatuorlineata (Four-lined snake)
Collection: Lilith's Powers
 

Zywa And/Or

The doctors have done their job

     I'm alive
     a new spring
     a big cleaning

     my habits one by one
     wiped off and polished back
     in their deserved place

and/or

     sigh deeply
     for myself and the question
     that my body may be asking me

     Resistance is pointless, denial
     does not help, only honesty
     but where should I look for it?

     Causes enough, fault none
     because this is how it works
     just look at the statistics

and/or

     my needs one by one
     explored and accepted back
     in the first place

Poem 2006
Amsterdam, 2019-01-03
Collection: New Ago
 

Zywa Templebed

I celebrate my desires
on the templebed: doing
nothing, watching and smelling
what the priest is describing

they told me so in advance
An exercise
to relax myself in a cave
in the wild of the mountains

His words anoint my nerves
and untie them from the inside
of my entrails, they wash me
off with warm attention, recover
my muscles and my soul

I want to continue living this way
Let it go, let it go

that's the exercise
my only chance
to hold it

Poem 849
Amsterdam, 2016-11-28
Incubation (Sleeping in a sacred area)
Collection: Silent walk
 

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