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People have wishes, complaints
and sometimes they demand
Nothing is done about it, well
it is investigated

And then come bite-sized
the quotes with figures
and priorities and
getting started

What someone else needs to do
In collaboration with
The dirty work
(which almost no one votes for)

But you can count on me
I will always say exactly
what is wrong and who
are suffering the consequences

Poem 5976
Amsterdam, 2026-04-02
Having an opinion about something is becoming more important than doing something about it (Maxim Februari) - 2026
Column "Iets ergens van vinden wordt belangrijker dan ergens iets aan doen", in the NRC of April 1st, 2026
Collection: Half The Work
Tribute to: Februari, Maxim 
 

I can't leave today,

there are still pieces of cake --


left from the party.


Vandaag kan ik nietIch kann heute nicht
weg, er zijn nog stukken taart --gehen, von der Party ist --

over van het feest.noch Kuchen übrig.

Poem S3034
Amsterdam, 2025-12-20
The squirrel flew (Toon Tellegen) - 1984
Short story "De eekhoorn vloog", published in the collections "Er ging geen dag voorbij" (1984) and "Misschien wisten zij alles" (1995)
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon 
 

We argue about

the right words for "it", which must --


stop without delay.


We twisten overWir streiten über
de juiste woorden voor "het" --die richtigen Worte für --

dat nu moet stoppen."es", dass muss stoppen.

Poem S2728
Amsterdam, 2025-06-21
the right words (Babs Gons) - 2025
Poem "de juiste woorden", in the NRC of June 21st, 2025, about the destruction of the Palestinian territories
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Gons, Babs 
 

It's too bad, that we

can't stop it, but later we --


shall commemorate.


We kunnen het nietWir können es nicht
stoppen, maar later zullen --stoppen, ach, später werden --

we het herdenken.wir es gedenken.

Poem S2729
Amsterdam, 2025-06-21
the right words (Babs Gons) - 2025
Poem "de juiste woorden", in the NRC of June 21st, 2025, about the destruction of the Palestinian territories
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Gons, Babs 
 

One does not live long,

but the wait takes a long time --


The long wait for peace.


Een mens leeft niet lang,Man lebt nicht lange,
maar wel heel erg lang duurt het --doch es dauert sehr lange --

wachten op vrede.bis der Frieden kommt.

Poem S2691
Amsterdam, 2025-06-03
Murder in the Cathedral (T.S. Eliot) - 1935
Play
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Eliot, Thomas S. 
 

Waiting is living

half, putting deeds off, looking --


in front of oneself.


Wachten is maar halfWarten ist nur halb
leven, actie uitstellen --leben, Aktion aufschieben --

voor je uit kijken.vor sich hin schauen.

Poem S2091
Amsterdam, 2024-01-10
Collection: Greeting from before
 

Zywa Behind the door

The door is never locked
The key is just in it
ready to use
and never lost

but if you are busy
with problems on your mind
you will go look for it

and not get the idea
that you can just move on
by pressing the latch

Meditation does not help either
with the worries
you forget what is there
behind the door

and you stay where you are
calm and resigned
you put life into perspective

and you fantasize
how different it could be
behind the door

of your mind

Poem 3347
Amsterdam, 2021-01-09
Collection: Lilith's Powers
 

I'm fully fed up

with plans, it is unhealthy --


I'd better give birth.


Ik heb mijn buik volIch binn satt, voller
plannen, het is ongezond --Pläne, das ist ungesund --

ik moet gaan baren.ich soll gebären.

Poem H0080
Amsterdam, 2011-12-20
Collection: New Ago
 

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