She searches for her

baptismal certificate --


in the pastor's bed.


De vrouw zoekt samenDie Frau sucht in dem
met de pastoor in zijn bed --Bett des Pastors nach ihrer --
naar haar doopakte.Taufbescheinigung.

Poem S3085
Amsterdam, 2026-02-23
Man is a great pheasant in the world / The Passport (Herta Müller) - 1986
Novel "Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt", chapter 'The drunk letters'
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Müller, Herta 
 

I've to pay extra

for my application, time --


after time, in kind.


Voor mijn aanvraag moetIch muss für meinen
ik steeds weer bijbetalen --Antrag extra zahlen, in --
weer in natura.Naturalien.

Poem S3086
Amsterdam, 2026-02-23
Man is a great pheasant in the world / The Passport (Herta Müller) - 1986
Novel "Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt", chapter 'The drunk letters'
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Müller, Herta 
 

Zywa So wonderfully young

Naked on the beach
and by the pool, photos
hung life-size on the walls
Anyone who comes here
has to see what's on offer:

beautiful girls
It started with a massage
in the luxurious manorial estate
Everything was ready
They were treated

You haven't had this yet
You're so young
so wonderfully young
And now you, show us
you can do it!

Massaging is wonderful, isn't it?
Let our guests enjoy!
Give your hands, give everything!
Give yourself at our parties
because you, you can be there!

Poem 5919
Amsterdam, 2026-02-22
Nobody's Girl, A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice (Virginia Giuffre) - 2025
Virginia [Roberts-] Giuffre (1983-2025)
Epstein Files, i. a. document EFTA00263911

Collection: Bruises
Tribute to: Giuffre, Virginia 
 

He keeps on pounding,

glowing swords pierce and split me --


my belly explodes.


Gloeiende zwaardenGlühende Schwerter
doorboren en splijten me --durchbohren und spalten mich --
mijn buik spat uiteen.mein Bauch explodiert.

Poem S2629
Amsterdam, 2025-04-06
Wicked mothers (Renate Dorrestein) - 1992
Novel "Ontaarde moeders" ("Unnatural mothers", translation 1994: "Wicked Mothers"), chapter 4, 'Veilig bij Moeder op schoot' ('Safe on Mother's lap')
Collection: Old sore
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate 
 

Zywa Naked on the table

At the police station
I lie naked on the table
Men are stroking

with cotton swabs
over my skin, inside me
- the crime scene

object of investigation
file number
violation on violation

It is soft against hard
pain against lies
a fight

for the benefit of the doubt
about my words, my clothes
and his impeccable behaviour

The scratches in his skin have healed
as if I made them up, his DNA
under my nails is no evidence

Poem 5641
Amsterdam, 2025-04-02
Blue balls and other rape myths (Sunny Bergman) - 2025
Documentary "Blauwe ballen en andere verkrachtingsmythes"
Collection: BloodTrunk
Tribute to: Bergman, Sunny 
 

He thrusts into me

and I hold on to the red --


patch before my eyes.


Hij stoot in mij, ikEr stößt, ich halte
houd me vast aan de rode --mich fest an dem roten Fleck --
vlek voor mijn ogen.vor meinen Augen.

Poem S2502
Amsterdam, 2025-01-06
Art & Lies, A piece for three voices and a bawd (Jeanette Winterson) - 1994
Novel, chapter Picasso #3
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette 
 

Scratches on his skin:

she attacked me like crazy --


the rapist declares.


Krassen op zijn huid:Er blutet: sie hat
ze viel mij aan als een gek --mich angegriffen, sagt der --
zegt de verkrachter.Vergewaltiger.

Poem S2503
Amsterdam, 2025-01-06
Art & Lies, A piece for three voices and a bawd (Jeanette Winterson) - 1994
Novel, chapter Picasso #3 - Reversed evidence
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette 
 

Not a victim, but

a survivor, of him and --


the looking away.


Nee, geen slachtoffer,Kein Opfer, sondern
maar een overlever, van hem --Überlebende, von ihm --
en het wegkijken.und vom Wegschauen.

Poem H5077
Amsterdam, 2024-11-16
Black Box Diaries (Shiori Ito) - 2024
Documentary film, not released in Japan, where the police file of a rape is a black box in which the facts (such as film footage, DNA-traces and witness statements) are hidden
Collection: Bruises
Tribute to: Ito, Shiori 
 

Hey what is that man

doing there behind the trees?


What is that sad sigh?


Wat doet die man daarWas macht dieser Mann
achter de bomen, wat is dat --hinter den Bäumen, was ist --
voor droevige zucht?das für ein Seufzer?

Poem S2344
Amsterdam, 2024-09-07
Forester (Nyk de Vries) - 2023
Song "Wâldman" ("Forester", in this case: the man in the forest), album "Tagelyk" ("Simultaneously"), music Artvark Saxophone Quartet
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: De Vries, Nyk 
 

Everybody knows,

and nobody says a word --


The price is too high.


Iedereen weet het,Jeder weiß es, und
en niemand zegt er iets van --niemand sagt etwas dazu --
De prijs is te hoog.Der Preis ist zu hoch.

Poem S2345
Amsterdam, 2024-09-07
Forester (Nyk de Vries) - 2023
Song "Wâldman" ("Forester", in this case: the man in the forest), album "Tagelyk" ("Simultaneously"), music Artvark Saxophone Quartet
Collection: Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: De Vries, Nyk 
 

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