A Poem

A SMALL POEM FOR VLISSINGEN

Zo de wind waait, waait z’n jasje 

As the wind blows, so does his jacket 

(i.e. He will jump on any bandwagon)

Dutch Proverb

To light a cigarette with a candle 

Kills a sailor, they say, in Vlissingen: 

Aan kust sea and sky dance a light tango, 

Ships now close sail for a pale horizon 

Where tobacco can be smoked any way.