This article is based on this Dutch article of Martinus Benders Sleeping to Awaken No, Lodeizen never received a royal decoration from the Queen. He died at the age of twenty-six from leukemia. We will treat life We will treat life In grand fashion As we treat a murderer Among us I do not like…
Month: March 2025
The Fry-Cities of the Future
Please Please,no bald men folding like lawn chairsin Godard coats from the Salvation Army rack. As anonymous as possible, please.Nothing comparesto happiness itself. Spare me that tin-can voice of virtue.Spare me the polished dome of forgiveness. Figure Do you know the dotted linea woman’s hand can draw around a smile?Do you know death’s goosebumps,the static…
You wouldn’t put such a steamy head with that, would you?
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martinus Benders: https://martijnbenders.substack.com/p/daar-zet-je-toch-niet-zon-broeierige You could argue that there’s something to it, making these early demented nursery rhymes that never quite manage to bridge the gap between childlike and childish. But here comes my essential objection: you don’t stand next to that with such a smoldering, brooding…
You play human
Corpse A star-fort abandoned mid-thought,stuck in its final shrug. A building left by all.A landscape no one ever witnessed. In the fever-woodsof spatial planning, he glimpsesthe greatest joy a soul can bear:to attend kindhearted music— with glorious politics humming in the mob,with a warmth that tells no secrets. Crumplehead You play human but you’re a…
The Language of Power of the Bullshit Job
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martinus Benders Yesterday, I saw a troubling post by Pieter Omtzigt shared on X. I responded like this: “As Europeans, we must once again learn to speak the language of power.” Can someone please call out these dusty bureaucrats and their childish superhero fantasies? You grew…
The Plainclothes / no dummy / father / moon journey
The Plainclothes Morning demands good trousers.Button your shirt—top to bottom, no skipped holes.Meet your own gaze:no flinching, no side-eye. A razor glints on the glass sink.The soap dispenser gargles its death rattle. Pump hard—one gleaming slug of foam.Knead it between palms.Watch for sweat:too damp and the soap won’t bite. Rise. (Americans would say “rinse.”)Your skin…
The Silver Chimney of Yücel
This article is based on this dutch article of Martinus Benders The Silver Chimney of Yücel Today we continue with the great Turkish poet Can Yücel: To the Beautiful One Last night we lay alone alone with your tiny hand alone with your tiny hand and solitude as bustling as Kandilli’s primary school when the…
It’s an grumpy little word, Porno
Paper Cut There’s my neighbor, his wife with her wheelie-bin rump. I want to walk my dog. I want to invent an exhaust pipe. Give me the fanfare of the et cetera of the et cetera of the et cetera… * Girls on Film She looks like she’s solving a twisted equation in her mind….
Serafine / Resistance / Natural and 3 others
Serafine She flickers like lighter fluid,my tongue still swollen with wasp venom.Come, she says—a nurse who’s read too much Bataille—Come, you’ve earned your little shotof codeine. She grabs my wristlike a carnival claw machinesnatching a ragged bear. I feel my heartsyruping with cheap nail polish. Then we dance.I tremble on an eyelash.We spin and turn…
In which country does the police come to the door?
This article is based on this Dutch article of Martinus Benders: https://martijnbenders.substack.com/p/in-welk-land-komt-de-politie-aan ### In Which Country Does the Police Show Up at Your Door? What kind of country sends the police to your door just to have a chat about your tendency to participate in demonstrations? Even in Russia or China, this would be highly…