The Amsterdam Palace of Wisdom

the Amsterdam Palace of Wisdom
consists of
9425 oneway windows
4242 madhatters
6321 doors smashed in
post-orgasmic
fury
one for the Lady of Sorrow
45253 tiny Venices
90 islands
1500 bridges
& counting

sailors move in for the liquor
sailor move out for the flood
while the young blue Pole
remains
to die here
to leave
it

6500 guests at De Wallen daily
one per square meter
pleasure
rally

3463 tired sex workers
10 for one tired guest

6443643 cigarettes smoked
35232 bottles drained

lips encountered
arms explored

751251 inhabitants
242522 souls
the rest are skulls of fishermen
married to
cannabis
resolute
sea

to get lost here is really a pleasure
to get lost here is
finding
true wisdom
the Kilometre
Zero

&
slip into
cores of
growth
without any further
statistics
of notice