Vandaag - Herman van Veen
I recently came across someone at the market So yes sir Herman van Veen
who looked at me in surprise.
“Are you still alive?”
I had the urge to turn around.
We started talking.
The man had seen me in the theater in the 1960s
He was once
Told him
that in addition to genetic luck,
singing
probably ensured
that I can still put my heart and soul into playing about a hundred and forty performances a year.
Of course it creaks here and there
and I don't jump as high as
I'm still here.
And if it's up to me, even longer.