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My mouthpiece is non-medical. I like the idea of that. Because as a result, my mouthguard creates a false sense of security. And when I have a false sense of security, I am much more vigilant than with real security.

Real safety! Of that warm, roiling safety of your mother or a woman who pretended to be one, by a stove in a sturdy house of real bricks, hours before the enemy came or before a hurricane, tossing flats left and right, diverted the course...

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Ingmar Heytze

Born 1970 in Utrecht. Poet. First house philosopher of the Centraal Museum (1999-2000) and first city poet of Utrecht (2009-2011). Wrote anti-sports columns for the Volkskrant for two years and columns for the (AD) Utrechts Nieuwsblad for twenty years. Currently works for Onze Taal. Wrote some fifteen books of poetry and is always working on new work. Won the C.C.S. Croneprijs in 2008 for his entire oeuvre and received the Maartenspenning of the city of Utrecht in 2016.View Author posts


My mouthpiece is non-medical. I like the idea of that. Because as a result, my mouthguard creates a false sense of security. And when I have a false sense of security, I am much more vigilant than with real security.

Real safety! Of that warm, roiling safety of your mother or a woman who pretended to be one, by a stove in a sturdy house of real bricks, hours before the enemy came or before a hurricane, tossing flats left and right, diverted the course...

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