Small painted envelope for Chaos Atlanta, USA around a poem by Simon Vinkenoog, a major Dutch poet (1928-2009). His collected works were published after his death and contains the poems written between 1948 and 2008: "Vinkenoog verzameld" (Vinkenoog collected, Nijgh & Van Ditmar, Amsterdam).
DAGDROOM
DAYDREAM
Sleep holy prisoner sleep
Escaping this dream existence
Where is dead who'll leave
this square, my empty face
with drums in veils
Sleep white sleep
Where is the dream without borders
Where is eternal continuation
& where are these blue roads
along you'll betray this heart
Sleep dungeon sleep
I've created your mirror image
SIMON VINKENOOG, 1950
From WONDKOORTS (Wound Fever)
Translation & adaptation by Guido Vermeulen
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