In 1993, Roger Raveel and his work were celebrated at the international art event Poëziezomer in Watou, West Flanders. Today, his mural at the Douviehoeve serves as a reminder of this event, as does his sculpture on the market square, a silhouette of Hugo Claus. Hugo Claus wrote a poem to mark the event, which subsequently served as inspiration for this 1993 painting. At the centre of the work, we see the recognisable silhouette of Hugo Claus looking up at one of the mirrors, seemingly speechless. The two mirrors in the painting each have a different function. The mirror at the bottom embodies the eerie chill of death. We stand as spectators with our feet in the grave. The mirror that is placed askew, dangling like a flag on a stick, brings space and life into the image. It is as if the painter is holding up a mirror to us in which the world is tilting out of dizziness. The title of the work refers to the poet Hugues C. Pernath, who died in 1975.