The old must be excused

Once there was a fat old fool
laughing at his tiny tool.
The tool was smarter yet than he,
the giant was too dumb to see,
too dumb to hear a little voice 
that called: don't tread on me,
I am alive, I have a brain,
it's wrong of you to cause me pain.

The fool heard not, kept treading on
or took delight in seeming deaf
and smiling broadly shouted,
- not even so much louder than the little voice -
a mock-misunderstanding jolly, gay old man,
he shouted: "Tread on you? - I will!"
And so he did - and laughed.

2008-05-04

Schweinerei

Es fragt nicht, es trügt gern,
es dankt nicht, es frisst gern,
es liebt meine Dinge, 
nimmt sie mir ab.
Hinter mir, vor mir
kommt's aus dem Strauch,
unerkannt, sichtbar,
schnüffelt - schnauft,
verwirrt mich, ich weiß nicht.
Sein Grunzen verklingt.
Nackt bin ich, 
und schäm' mich.

2010-07-29

dummer Odysseus

angelockt von 
einer nebenberuflichen Sirene 
zu dumm 
um den Zweck zu begreifen 
folgte er ihr 
natürlich 
und wurde 
ein wenig von sich selbst gefressen 
zu beleidigt 
um zu denken oder zu sprechen 
paddelte er im Latrinensee 
zu dumm 
um fortzukommen 
vom Schiff 
aus riefen sie ihm zu: 
du bist selber in die Pfütze gesprungen

1998-05-30

Women and dogs

I love her, she loves me
She is angry at me for loving me
I'm angry at her for not loving me
I get a dog
It acts as though it loved me
I love the dog
The dog is me 
I don't love me
I have no control over the dog
Nosing around it thinks only of itself
It is using me!
I make it obey but
a slave cannot love me
I get rid of the dog
She doesn't love me

2012-06-14

Deutsche Version: Frau und Hund

Promises

I asked for help
a nice man came 
I asked him for help with inadequate sounds
he told me grandly what's wrong with me 
while it was nothing what I thought
I smiled at him, he promised help

Then nothing happened

2013-06-16