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CYCLE IN PAST TENSE

I came out with the craziest remarks.
I stumbled over my words.
I said just anything.
I didn’t know what to say.
I said nothing.
I agreed with the speaker before me.

I made a fuss.
I wasn’t businesslike.
I didn’t have any money.

I had clammy hands.
I was ashamed of myself.
I didn’t have any patience.

I was naïve with females
I couldn’t dance.

I was stuck up.
I wanted to be somebody.

CYCLUS IN DE VERLEDEN TIJD

CYCLUS IN DE VERLEDEN TIJD

Ik kwam gek uit de hoek.
Ik struikelde over mijn woorden.
Ik zei maar wat.
Ik wist niet wat ik moest zeggen.
Ik zei niks.
Ik sloot me aan bij de vorige spreker.

Ik had kapsies.
Ik was onzakelijk.
Ik had geen geld.

Ik had klamme handen.
Ik schaamde me.
Ik had geen geduld.

Ik was naïef met wijven.
Ik kon niet dansen.

Ik was stug.
Ik wou opvallen.

From: Made in Rotterdam - Verzamelde Gedichten
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam

C.B. Vaandrager

C.B. Vaandrager

(The Netherlands, 1935 - 1992)

Cornelis Bastiaan Vaandrager’s life and work are more intricately intertwined than one would think at first glance. From a literary historical perspective, he is first and foremost one of the ‘Zestigers’ (‘1960s-ers’), a poet who made readymades and applied advertising strategies to size down the pompous pretentions of poetry to a minimum, and, through that, offered an alternative for poems in ...

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CYCLE IN PAST TENSE

I came out with the craziest remarks.
I stumbled over my words.
I said just anything.
I didn’t know what to say.
I said nothing.
I agreed with the speaker before me.

I made a fuss.
I wasn’t businesslike.
I didn’t have any money.

I had clammy hands.
I was ashamed of myself.
I didn’t have any patience.

I was naïve with females
I couldn’t dance.

I was stuck up.
I wanted to be somebody.

From: Made in Rotterdam - Verzamelde Gedichten

CYCLE IN PAST TENSE

I came out with the craziest remarks.
I stumbled over my words.
I said just anything.
I didn’t know what to say.
I said nothing.
I agreed with the speaker before me.

I made a fuss.
I wasn’t businesslike.
I didn’t have any money.

I had clammy hands.
I was ashamed of myself.
I didn’t have any patience.

I was naïve with females
I couldn’t dance.

I was stuck up.
I wanted to be somebody.

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