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B. Zwaal

porta coeli

porta coeli
ecstasy

prosperity sucked
farmstead milk-flow
dry

the tear in
the arm of the botlek

on the meus
rages the waterway

tugboats pernissing
the tankers

oily slurps holy
belches super
phosphate

lungs
sniff

rhine mouth
all mouth

porta coeli

porta coeli
extase
 
welvaart zoog
hoeve melkvloei
leeg
 
het scheur in
de tak botlek
 
over de maas
raast de waterweg
 
slepers pernissen
de tankers
 
olie slurpt holy
braakt super
fosfaat
 
longen
snuiven
 
rijnmonde
almonde
Close

porta coeli

porta coeli
ecstasy

prosperity sucked
farmstead milk-flow
dry

the tear in
the arm of the botlek

on the meus
rages the waterway

tugboats pernissing
the tankers

oily slurps holy
belches super
phosphate

lungs
sniff

rhine mouth
all mouth

porta coeli

porta coeli
ecstasy

prosperity sucked
farmstead milk-flow
dry

the tear in
the arm of the botlek

on the meus
rages the waterway

tugboats pernissing
the tankers

oily slurps holy
belches super
phosphate

lungs
sniff

rhine mouth
all mouth
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Elise Mathilde Fonds
Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
Veerhuis
VDM
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