Poem
Gerhard Falkner
Behind the Words
I must have eaten from the spheresthey must have been bitter –
or evil
they had holes that sounded like sighs
they rolled darkly
through marrow and bone
I dismounted from my days
as everything started to spin
my head was ablaze
the holes gaped like blind forgetting
in vain I´ve been listening in
From: 4.Seventeen Poems
Hinter den Sprachen
Hinter den Sprachen
Ich muß von den Kugeln gegessen habendie müssen bitter gewesen sein
oder böse
sie hatten Löcher, die klangen wie Klagen
sie rollten dunkel
durch Mark und Bein
ich bin von den Tagen abgesessen
mir drehte sich alles
so hab ich gerauscht
die Löcher starrten wie blindes Vergessen
ich habe umsonst hineingelauscht
© 1996, Gerhard Falkner
From: Xte Person Einzahl
Publisher: Suhrkamp Verlag,
From: Xte Person Einzahl
Publisher: Suhrkamp Verlag,
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Behind the Words
I must have eaten from the spheresthey must have been bitter –
or evil
they had holes that sounded like sighs
they rolled darkly
through marrow and bone
I dismounted from my days
as everything started to spin
my head was ablaze
the holes gaped like blind forgetting
in vain I´ve been listening in
From: 4.Seventeen Poems
Behind the Words
I must have eaten from the spheresthey must have been bitter –
or evil
they had holes that sounded like sighs
they rolled darkly
through marrow and bone
I dismounted from my days
as everything started to spin
my head was ablaze
the holes gaped like blind forgetting
in vain I´ve been listening in
From: 4.Seventeen Poems
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