Herman Van Veen
Miscellaneous
Girl With Anorexia
Hannah, what kept me going
When my world was about to end,
Was always my capacity for admiration .
Admiration for cities
And churches that I saw,
For the music of Schubert
And Offenbach and Bach.
For Mozart, those thoughts
Like this allowed it to flow freely
That sadness became happiness,
Happiness became happy sadness.
And for the poet Nijhoff,
Who put into words
How he was close to his mother< br/>Looked at the secret of the night.
Admiration for a song
About Rembrandtplein,
Admiration for the girls,
All the girls there are.
Admiration for the Dear Lord,
Who makes flowers bloom
And makes birds sing
While He does not exist!
When you are on the other side,
Is admiration not bridge
To just have something to eat again?
God, Hannah, come back.

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