The archive of the city is made of black and white
maps, original histories found written on stones in a deserted cemetery,
symbolic granite replaced by industrial concrete.
Desecrated thieves between bodies with fierce hands, deceased flowers
in November, old shopkeepers in trendy streets; young boys, girls,
women, mothers, fathers, funny old ladies, all walking.
Ancient ports lay in mist, the morning cafes all mine,
people smoking, children, brothers, sisters, streetkids in a human
landscape.
Clouds as reflections in the towers, the waterland and its rooms,
public/private: anger, grief, distress and sweet charming mornings.
Lipstick names, colourful or gentle white shirts, bikes
with broken wheels, flat tyres, winners, losers, stages with important
people, positive portraits of passion.
Collect recollections: a bird, a windmill, clouds and a canal.
A sunny day on the water. Return to the story, more
women, men, young and old and children walk through the cool light,
along modern buildings.
Plastic stranded on the dyke and blue overalls dry
in the wind.
An atmosphere of iron, workers in dark streets control the night,
maintenance crews, control controls of automatic machines finish cups
of coffee, steaming hot.
More roads and bridges, more concrete, more steel, monitors, modems,
cables, connections, abandoned ware houses in the danger zone, modern
culture circumstantial.