#CURRENTLY ON BREAK FROM WRITING#

My pen name, lysjelonken, comes from a Dutch poem:

Buiten in de biezen, daar lei een hondje dood, [Outside in the rushes, lies a doggie, dead]
zijn staartje was bevroren, zijn billetjes waren bloot. [His tail is frozen, his legs are bare]
Toen kwam Jan de slager, die zei: de hond is mager. [Then came Jan the Butcher, he says the dog is thin]
Toen kwam Lysje Lonken, die zei: dat beest is dronken. [Then came Lysje Lonken, she says the beast is drunk]
Toen kwam Tryntje Rommelpot,die zei: dat beest is half zot. [Then came Tryntjie Rommelpot, she says the beast is half mad]
Toen kwam Tys de timmerman,die spijkerde 't hondje zijn staartje weer an. [Then came Tys the Carpenter. He nails the dog's tail back on]
En 't hondje gingen heenen,Met z'n staartje tussen z'n beenen. [And off runs the doggie, his tail between his legs]