A Brief Reply to XXX

However, to those addicted to their incurable “colonial goods complex” and continue to wait for the St. Nicholas’ boats of Churchill and Roosevelt, to them be Multatulis word addressed: “Choke on the Coffee and disappear!” – XXX on 7-7-44 in Tw. Nwsbl.

Variating on Multatulis “Choke on the Coffee and disappear!” (see our paper from yesterday), we would like to tell J.O.: “Choke on a pork chop bone and disappear!” – XXX on 8-7-44 in Tw. Nwsbl.

NSB newspaper coolie,
You quote “Multatuli,”
You truly shocked me.
I should choke on coffee?!

That‘s not nice of you, van Nierop.
And I give you this as a response:
Tell me, how should it work,
Because there‘s only – substitute.

Only “Klaroen” and “Pitto”

Klaroen and Pitto are brand names for substitute coffee products that typically consisted of a mixture of barley, peas, chicory, acorns, and tulip bulbs.

remained,
The same applies for tea,
Milk and butter, bacon and coal,
All stolen by the Krauts,

The Netherlands must starve,
These are Hitler’s new times,
Everything is scarce and even expensive,
And you still schmooze about “culture.”

You as carriers of culture?!
Nothing lower has ever existed,
Murder and theft and barbarism,
These are the acts of fascism,

Honestly, a pork chop
Does much less harm there.
I also say: If we only had some,
Mr. van Bullkop, you bet!

No, we have no need
For culture from your crooks,
You surely have nothing to complain about,
But the people with empty stomachs

Only want to know about culture
When the people get something to eat,
But what they wish you, it seems to me:
DROWN QUICKLY IN YOUR INK!!

IN RESPONSE, I RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING FROM XXX / Tw. Nsbl. 7-7-44

Cor Beek, Almelo. – My compliments for your smooth and entertaining verse! It‘s a pity you express such banal views, otherwise I would gladly include you as an occasional poet in the ranks of my collaborators. – Tw. Nwsbl. 17-7-44

OF COURSE, I AM NOW TERRIBLY DOWN.