A Chorus of elders

With heavy heart we must tell you 
what we have long recoiled from 
that refusing our advice
you have unmasked yourself
doing us all great harm!

Yourself a paltry infant, 
cynical and aggressive, 
you have ignominiously slandered,
clandestinely attacked,
monstrously questioned your elders
and must apologize!

2011-07-23

Pig Predators

Pigs on a lorry, brought to slaughter
beautiful lies: humanity, nature 
humans are humans' pigs.
Predators rule
and humans are different 
tyrannosaurs, tigers
in that they invented 
the idea of the human as pig.


22. - 28. July 2013

The black receiver in my grandfather's house

Telephone, telephone,
riddle of the ringtone,
the numbers make no sense.

Apparently a tool I use,
I confuse -
user and tool.

Telephone, telephone,
riddle of the ringtone,
wire on a millstone, 
round around my neck.

The earpiece, the mouthpiece,
always the same piece
lying in my hand.

Welded to a heart of bone,
while my fingers grip around
it has me -
spellbound.

Clubfoot, clubfoot
banging at my ear,
to put it down, to put it down
every time I wish,
impossible to kill it is,
recurrent dish - of fish. 

The mouthpiece sputters, spits and hits
(in backwards running time)
the dumb, the numb, the muted bum,
my face, my mouth and me.

2008-04-14

Flucht vom Fest

links eine leere Seite
jetzt fallen Schatten über das Papier
daraus schwallt 
unerfüllt 
eine Lebensgeschichte
ich schlage meine Beine 
links- und rechtsherum übereinander
ich verstehe ihn gut
aber
die Stille war mir willkommener
ich gehe

			Juni 97

behind your ear 

My smallest and my greatest fear 
is 
vanishing behind your ear,
for it's a place of joy, my dear, 
I can't enjoy if I'm not here.

Jan. 1999