Kapitän Fragensteller:

Kennst du mich besser als ich mich selbst?
Welche Antwort steuerst du an?

2006-12-29

Motorcycle noise in desolate China

looking at a map of faraway China 
a reddish planet threatening eruption
cities are craters, a seething quadrillion
perilous suburb highrise bunkers
I must stay away from the dangerous quarters
no place for strangers except in the noise
a fool in a car in a desolate city
backing away from a traffic violation
put to rights by a friendly expatriate face
a thin harmless man, transformed, a black biker 
takes me
to a small dingy room 
and a talk about China, listen and learn
the noise of motorbikes in the street
distracts and exhausts me
a shabby counter
my guardian is leaving 
on a glistening cycle

2013-10-06

Harte Arbeit

Ich hab' so schwer geschuftet
um ihm seinen Wunsch zu erfüllen, 
wie ich dachte.
Ganz schwach von der Anstrengung
finde ich seine Anerkennung nicht. 

Die Ignoranz der Leute hier
macht's auch nicht leichter:
Mein Vater kommt gerad' aus dem Urlaub
und hat natürlich auch nichts gemerkt, 
immerhin hat er gute Laune.

Der Alte dahinten dagegen 
spielt den Abwesenden. 
Sein Wunsch
ist mir immer noch Befehl.

2008-08-02

Sirens, no legend

Feeling too weak 
ten years
I didn't look at any woman
until this spring I started noticing 
eyes gazing 
from behind counters 
or battlements of husbands 
and condominiums.

When going home one night,
I heard mosquitos buzz
they heard me moaning:
What do you want from me? 

A monk's life
is more economical on blood.

2010-06-06

good god

not good, god isn't, 
belief isn't to be believed
just is, or isn't

False

Two equalled one 
when I saw her again,
one equalled nil
when she made me wait
which made me hate
that one.

2011-01-17