Poem
Elke Erb
THEME
potter around: then you become things. Their prey.Take care or your eye
as you potter will pop.
The light of your eye: a lantern. Outside.
Good for the night. And passenger traffic.
Your duodenum — looping back, looping forth!
Controlled by nerves? The nerve authority?
Nerves, nerves!
Are left to themselves!
In the slight beeze a rustling like leaves.
© Translation: 2013, Rosmarie Waldrop
THEMA
prutsen: dan ben jij de dingen. Roof.Pas maar op, anders floept je oog
er met al dat gepruts nog eens uit.
Ogenlicht: lantaarn. Staat buiten.
Goed voor de nacht. En personenverkeer.
Je twaalfvingerige darm – kronkel hier, kronkel daar!
Het toezicht, de zenuwen? De zenuweninstantie?
Zenuwen, zenuwen!
Zijn aan zichzelf overgelaten!
In de bries ruizelt het als de blaren.
© Vertaling: 2013, Ton Naaijkens
THEMA
werkeln: Da bist du die Dinge. Raub.Nimm dich in acht, sonst fährt dein Auge
mit dem Werkeln heraus aus dir.
Augenlicht: Laterne. Steht draußen.
Gut für die Nacht. Und Personenverkehr.
Dein Zwölffingerdarm – Schlinge hin, Schlinge her!
Die Aufsicht, die Nerven? Das Nerven-Amt?
Nerven, Nerven!
Sind sich selbst überlassen!
Im schwachen Wind brauselt es wie das Laub.
© 2010, Elke Erb
From: Meins
Publisher: roughbooks, Berlin
From: Meins
Publisher: roughbooks, Berlin
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THEME
potter around: then you become things. Their prey.Take care or your eye
as you potter will pop.
The light of your eye: a lantern. Outside.
Good for the night. And passenger traffic.
Your duodenum — looping back, looping forth!
Controlled by nerves? The nerve authority?
Nerves, nerves!
Are left to themselves!
In the slight beeze a rustling like leaves.
© 2013, Rosmarie Waldrop
From: Meins
From: Meins
THEME
potter around: then you become things. Their prey.Take care or your eye
as you potter will pop.
The light of your eye: a lantern. Outside.
Good for the night. And passenger traffic.
Your duodenum — looping back, looping forth!
Controlled by nerves? The nerve authority?
Nerves, nerves!
Are left to themselves!
In the slight beeze a rustling like leaves.
© 2013, Rosmarie Waldrop
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