Loafers try to flee

from the sun that burns its words --


in their very skulls.


Leeglopers vluchtenFaulenzer fliehen
voor de zon die zijn woorden --vor den Worten der Sonne --
brandt in hun schedels.in ihren Schädeln.

 Poem H4134
 Amsterdam, 2023-09-10
 A Change of tongue (Antjie Krog) - 2003
 In 1954, D.L.P. Yali-Manisi, imbongi (court jester) of the Thembu-clan calls on Prince Nelson Mandela to speak out
Tale, part 3 § 2

 Tribute to: Krog, Antjie 
 Tribute to: Mandela, Nelson 
 Collection: Known 


Waiting for the train

while lying down on the track --


is not leadership.


Op de trein wachtenAuf den Zug warten,
terwijl je op de rails ligt --während man auf dem Gleis liegt --
is geen leiderschap.ist keine Führung.

 Poem S1908
 Amsterdam, 2023-09-09
 Neither a wise man (Dwight Eisenhower) - 1952
 "Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him." (Dwight Eisenhower, in Time on October 6th, 1952)
 Tribute to: Eisenhower, Dwight 
 Collection: High gear 


Assemblies will be

held to elect the leaders --


who will seize power.


Bijeenkomsten, omVersammlungen zur
de leiders te kiezen, die --Wahl der Führer, die die Macht --
de macht gaan grijpen.ergreifen werden.

 Poem H4099
 Amsterdam, 2023-09-01
 The shining armour (Simon Vestdijk) - 1956
 Novel "Het glinsterend pantser", chapter 2-VIII. Before and after history of a boat trip
 Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 Collection: Inmost 


I'm not myself, I

have to blow myself up big --


as big as my chair.


Ik ben mezelf niet,Ich bin nicht ich selbst,
ik moet me groot opblazen --ich muss mich groß aufblasen --
zo groot als mijn stoel.so groß wie mein Stuhl.

 Poem S1659
 Amsterdam, 2023-02-06
 The Office - The A.P. Beerta Institute (Han Voskuil) - 1998
 Novel "Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut"
Page 229, Maarten Koning (and Bart Asjes) after a department meeting (1976)

 Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 Collection: Not too bad 


A department head

should protect the employees --


like an umbrella.


Een afdelingshoofdAbteilungsleiter
beschermt de medewerkers --schützen die Mitarbeiter --
als een paraplu.wie ein Regenschirm.

 Poem H3594
 Amsterdam, 2022-12-02
 The Office - Plankton (Han Voskuil) - 1997
 Novel "Het Bureau - Plankton"
Page 538, Maarten Koning, Ad Muller and Bart Asjes (1974)

 Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 Collection: Not too bad 


Zywa Quartermaster

I'm a servant, I give -- space
to inspiration and objections
I fill myself with wishes
and pour them out into decisions
until contentment flows over

I don't hear complainers complain
they encourage, never getting lost
in expectations

The profit is just a balance
of round-off differences
expenditure becomes income
in the space -- of the living together
where everyone is in the middle

of nowhere special, nowhere people
everywhere, on their way to nowhere
because they are already there

 Poem 3838
 Amsterdam, 2021-06-14
 Nowhere Man (The Beatles) - 1965
 Song (album "Rubber Soul")
Chairmanship

 Tribute to: Lennon, John 
 Tribute to: The Beatles 
 Collection: Lilith's Powers 


The court is busy,

buzzing and dancing around --


the sovereign king.


Drukte aan het hof,Betrieb am Hofe,
iedereen danst zoemend rond --jeder summt und tanzt herum --
koning majesteit.um seine Hoheit.

 Poem H2415
 Amsterdam, 2019-03-26
 Springtime (Jeroen Eisinga) - 2010
 Performance
 Tribute to: Eisinga, Jeroen 
 Collection: On living on [2] 

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