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I am laid down for you |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-07
Waiting (For Meaning) (Marlene Dumas) - 1988
Painting, a diptych with "Losing (Her Meaning)" - see poem H4271 My spirit is drowned
Poem "6. Waiting (for meaning)" (2000, Antjie Krog), collection "Kleur kom nooit alleen nie" ("Colour never comes alone")
Collection: Bruises
Tribute to: Dumas, Marlene; Krog, Antjie
| Vaguely I see him | |
| putting on his underpants -- | |
| and I feel dirty. | |
| Wazig zie ik hem | Vage sehe ich, |
| zijn onderbroek aantrekken -- | wie er seinen Slip anzieht -- |
| en ik voel me vies. | und ich fühle mich schmutzig. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-03
The garden where the brass band played (Simon Vestdijk) - 1949
Drugged drink: drugging a woman by secretly slipping something into her drink
Novel "De koperen tuin" ("The copper garden"), published 1950, chapter 17
Collection: Inmost
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
| I was powerless, | |
| a doll, he wanted a doll -- | |
| to be sweet to him. | |
| Ik was machteloos, | Ich, eine Puppe, |
| een pop, hij wilde een pop -- | er wollte eine Puppe -- |
| die lief voor hem was. | die für ihn süß war. |
Amsterdam, 2021-12-30
Collection: Bruises
| They took me with them, | |
| and they left me in the straw -- | |
| filthy like manure. | |
| Ze namen me mee, | Sie nahmen mich mit, |
| ik bleef achter in het stro -- | ließen mich zurück im Stroh -- |
| smerig als stalmest. | dreckig wie Dünger. |
Amsterdam, 2020-07-03
Collection: Bruises
