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Sonja Prins

fascism / a brutal society

once you think you're all good
and no longer put your heart into it
everything you produce becomes
decorative

or liberal
or detached

this is all very nice
but e.g. it doesn't at all
stand a chance
against fascism

which in itself
plays with decoration

above a brutal society
that is murderous
exalted
and selfish

fascisme / een brute samenleving

fascisme / een brute samenleving

zodra je het wel gelooft
en je hart er niet meer in zet
wordt alles wat je produceert
dekoratief

of liberaal
of vrijzinnig

dat kan heel aardig zijn
maar is b.v. in geen enkel opzicht
opgewassen
tegen het fascisme

dat zelf
met decors speelt

boven een brute samenleving
van moordlust
exaltatie
en eigenwaan

Sonja Prins

Sonja Prins

(The Netherlands, 1912 - 2009)

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fascism / a brutal society

once you think you're all good
and no longer put your heart into it
everything you produce becomes
decorative

or liberal
or detached

this is all very nice
but e.g. it doesn't at all
stand a chance
against fascism

which in itself
plays with decoration

above a brutal society
that is murderous
exalted
and selfish

fascism / a brutal society

once you think you're all good
and no longer put your heart into it
everything you produce becomes
decorative

or liberal
or detached

this is all very nice
but e.g. it doesn't at all
stand a chance
against fascism

which in itself
plays with decoration

above a brutal society
that is murderous
exalted
and selfish

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