Michel
van der
Stel
M.A.
Dynamic,
Never
Desperate.
Public Transport Rotterdam 16 March 1992
I’m sensitive to all the odours
Fragrances & smells that live &
Multiply the subway maze
The stench of perfume
Overwhelming a chained
Series of farts from a wild-
Bearded bald boozer with a
Plastic bag belling
Empty bottles
The suffocating warmth of
The carriages where temperatures are
Kept high until July to kill the bugs &
Drown the harder smells of
Puke & baby diapers
Bad breath &
Smoking passengers
A 15 minute trip can mean
Maroc cocaine or just
Tobacco any kind
Most unkind
Come summertime the
Heat & smells become
Unbearable – be the
Windows ope or not
I love my city’s
Tube the underground &
Aboveground lines
The peculiar smell of
Old men – above seventy –
A mix of piss & after shave
Cigars & cheap liquor
A dog with gas
The vomit of a drunk
The underground is full of it
Public Transport Rotterdam
Contents
Connect 28 January 2008
Untouched 30 January 19918
On the first sign of spring this year 8 February 2011
Pensive thought 27 February 2006
Supermarkets 5 March 1991
Thank you 7 March 2006
Collector’s items 12 March 1991
Carry 15 March 2011
Public Transport Rotterdam 16 March 1992
Trip 23 March 1995
Words away 8 April 2008
Clean 9 April 1991
Thoughts conceived in a free state 15 April 2004
Rubber? Pebble? 24 April 2006
English mint 6 May 1992
May & June 1991
The father play 7 June 1993
Name 5th July 1994
Paris 12 July 2011
Skin sensation 15 July 2010
Bleed me 1 August 2009
Amsterdam 6 August 2010
Torrent Affairs 19 August 1991
Pc 24 August 1993
Unfinished poem 24 August 2009
What was going on in my living room at around 8 pm, and before walking Boris the dog 6 November 1996
November Storms Anchored 9 November 2007
Jangling sounds 27 November 1991
Instant 29 November 2010
Happy abandonment 18 December 2009
She lets me in 21 December 2010