vrijdag 19 september 2014

JOHORE BARU




JOHORE BARU

From the meticulously mowed lawns
on the hill with Victorian towers
our lenses capture the City of the Tiger.
Western arrogance, silent Eastern pride.

In the Causeway a protective hole gapes.
On the other side lamps are hidden in bushes,
but glitter in the sun. Every son wishes for father
back home, with wet brush, to see everything.

For days the artillery calculates our chances.
Then we rush to the shores of glory,
sail in the dark for Singapore
and take the city. From all sides.






Publisher: In de Knipscheer, December 2003.
Book: € 15,00, cd (music by Dirk Stromberg): € 18,00. Set book + cd: € 29,50.
Postbox 6107, 2011 HC Haarlem, The Netherlands.




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