The litho by Brody Neuenschwander is based on a fragment of Marcus’ poem Statues published in Gezelle Gedicht (1999) and Brugge Letterlijk (2000).
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In Bruges I met this weather-beaten master once again:
still clutching his sacred book, still leaning forwards,
decorated with seagull droppings, eyed by unknowing tourists.
Young people in cafés, when pressed,
could quote a couple of lines,
the deep lines on his forehead perhaps
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