Society, who

is not affected by it?


Isn't that our disease?


De maatschappij, wieDie Gesellschaft ist
heeft daar geen last van? Dat is --uns doch lästig? Ist das nicht --

toch onze ziekte?unsere Krankheit?

Poem S2988
Amsterdam, 2025-10-19
The sadder side of diagnoses (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2025
Column "De verdrietiger kant van diagnoses", in the NRC of October 14th, 2025
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen 
 

We all do have to

enjoy life, even if it --


is reluctantly.


Je moet genietenWir alle müssen
van het leven, al is het --das Leben genießen, auch --

tegen heug en meug.mit Widerwillen.

Poem S2937
Amsterdam, 2025-08-31
Diary 1974-1976 (Frida Vogels) - 2013
"Dagboek 1974-1976" - September 24th, 1974, Lucera
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

For their decency,

people like to step firmly --


on a heart in love.


In het dorp trapt menFür seinen Anstand
voor zijn fatsoen graag stevig --tritt man im Dorf gerne auf --

op een verliefd hart.ein verliebtes Herz.

Poem S1782
Amsterdam, 2023-05-25
Back to Ina Damman - The history of an adolescent love (Simon Vestdijk) - 1934
Novel "Terug tot Ina Damman - De geschiedenis van een jeugdliefde", chapter 3-4 (AD 1914)
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

It educates you

as a child, that you learn what --


you shouldn't talk about.


Het vormt je als kind,Es prägt jedes Kind,
dat je leert waarover je --dass es lernt, worüber man --

niet hoort te praten.nicht reden sollte.

Poem H3818
Amsterdam, 2023-05-17
A lightly inhabited island - Faxing to Ger #5 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2022
Diary novel "Een licht bewoond eiland - Faxen aan Ger #5", April 20th, 2000
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

Think of the office

as a madhouse, then the rest --


is pretty normal.


Beschouw het kantoorStell dich das Büro
als een gekkenhuis, de rest --als Irrenhaus vor, der Rest --

is dan best normaal.ist dann ganz normal.

Poem H3593
Amsterdam, 2022-12-02
The Office - Plankton (Han Voskuil) - 1997
Novel "Het Bureau - Plankton"
Page 490, Maarten Koning and Manda Kraai (1974)

Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

You have to know this

to know what you are saying --


and it's no gossip.


Je moet dit wetenDu musst dies wissen
om te weten wat je zegt --um zu wissen, was du sagst --

en ik roddel niet.und ich tratsche nicht.

Poem S1233
Overberg, 2021-09-09
Pillars of Society (Henrik Ibsen) - 1877
Play "Samfundets Støtter"
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Ibsen, Henrik 
 

I like to leave, here

they are so exemplary --


decent and righteous.


Ik wil weg, hier zijnIch möchte weg, hier
de mensen zo voorbeeldig --sind alle so vorbildlich --

fatsoenlijk en braaf.anständig und gut.

Poem S1234
Overberg, 2021-09-09
Pillars of Society (Henrik Ibsen) - 1877
Play "Samfundets Støtter"
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Ibsen, Henrik 
 

It's true everywhere,

you do have to notice how --


far you can go there.


Het is overalDies ist überall
zo, je moet doorhebben hoe --wahr, man muss erkennen wie --

ver je er kunt gaan.weit man gehen kann.

Poem H2756
Amsterdam, 2020-06-28
Performance by Wim Kan - 1970
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Kan, Wim 
 

Zywa Devilish

Sometimes thinking is making difficult
what is simple, but uncomfortable
to admit, yet the children are happy
with what their parents explain

for example that they have to learn
to mistrust Evil, which is talking idly
and giving free tickets
that you will suffer for after your life

You know that it isn't true
It isn't even from hearsay
and far from everyone
is thinking about it that way
so, as long as nobody gets serious
you can just do as you please
the older children have found out

What else does Evil
harm than the tender soul
of the adults and the good
they have devised for you?
To be a victim, or an offender -
it is a devilish dilemma

Poem 2094
Amsterdam, 2019-02-15
Collection: Secrets & Believers
 

Do we choose to give

life to undead parasites --


or are we worth more?


Geven we levenGibst du untoten
aan ondode profiteurs --Schmarotzern Leben, oder --

of zijn we meer waard?willst du mehr wert sein?

Poem S0795
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2018-09-19
Atlas shrugged (Ayn Rand) - 1957
Novel, part 2 'Either - Or', chapter 8 'By our love'
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Rand, Ayn 
 

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