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August 22, 2024 Street Scenes

Vote for the Elephant Man

“When people call this beast to mind,
They marvel more and more
At such a little tail behind,
So large a trunk before.”

(J.H. Belloc in The elephant)
Liège (B)

July 13, 2024 Street Scenes

The eye that never sleeps

“Close thine eyes and sleep secure,
Thy soul is safe, thy body sure;
He that guards thee, He that keeps,
Never slumbers, never sleeps.”

(Fr. Quarles in A good night)
Yvoz-Ramet (B)

June 21, 2024 Street Scenes

Left behind when work was done

“When the work was done
Was a day that didn’t go to waste
When all the work is done
It will be done”

(Take That in The day the work is done)
Liège (B)

June 10, 2024 Street Scenes

Does anyone want to enter here at all?

“O enter with me the gates of delight,
The gates of the garden of man’s desire,
Where spirits, touched by heav’nly fire,
Have planted the trees of life.”

(R.S. Bridges no title in Invocation to music)
Liège (B)

May 26, 2024 Street Scenes

Zoekt u iets of iemand?

“When you think that you’ve lost everything
You find out you can always lose a little more
I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down
Now I’m trying to get to heaven before they close the door”

(Bob Dylan in Tryin’ to get to heaven)
Liège (B)

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Vote for the Elephant Man

The eye that never sleeps

Left behind when work was done

Does anyone want to enter here at all?

Zoekt u iets of iemand?