De Tweede Ronde. Jaargang 21
(2000)– [tijdschrift] Tweede Ronde, De– Auteursrechtelijk beschermd
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Zuid-Limburg
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South LimburgDistrict of streams, white farms and poplar trees,
of hedges, hills, unlikely in this land;
whose people twist the language as they please -
but live a language God can understand.
A catholic country, simple and serene,
that has not bartered faith for sanitation,
that could not really make a serious claim
to be a part of western civilization.
You might mistake it for some Holy Land,
each fork, each comer, has its crucifix -
but for tin cans of every crack-pot brand,
a culture's refuge, tossed behind the ricks,
and cannon shells that, proud and empty stand
on shining sills, replacing candlesticks.
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