He takes leave and stays,

he walks away and stumbles --


over her distress.


Hij vertrekt en blijft,Er geht und er bleibt,
hij loopt weg en struikelt weer --er geht und über ihre --

over haar verdriet.Trauer stolpert er.

Poem S3262
Amsterdam, 2026-09-12
Joseph Anton. A Memoir (Salman Rushdie) - 2012
Autobiography, chapter 9. 'His Millennium Illusion'
Song "I Try" (1999, Macy Gray)

Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman; Gray, Macy 
 

He's a loving man,

he will be worthy of me --


when I am ready.


Hij is liefdevol,Er ist liebevoll,
hij is mij zeker waard als --er wird meiner würdig sein --

ik er klaar voor ben.wenn ich bereit bin.

Poem H4627
Amsterdam, 2024-05-19
Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie) - 2005
Novel, chapter Kashmira, § 2
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

That you possibly

may not love me, you say it --


so very sweetly.


Dat je misschien welDass du mich vielleicht
niet van mij houdt, dat zeg je --nicht liebst, das sagst du wirklich --

zo ontzettend lief.überraschend lieb.

Poem H2478
Vlissingen, 2019-06-04
Maurits and the facts (Gerrit Krol) - 1986
Novel "Maurits en de feiten", § 26
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Krol, Gerrit 
 

Zywa Attempts to relationships

I didn't learn
to live, I just
got used to it

and try to be myself
with friends who don't make demands
and are available

when I come or shout
that I'm lonely
but with you it's different

Sometimes I don't know afterwards
whether we were connected
and then I get lost

in my thoughts, so
there is no contact
and I must embrace you

feel the firmness
of your body
to believe in us

Poem 2108
Amsterdam, 2019-02-20
Collection: Eyes lips chest and belly
 

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