Poem
Thomas Kling
stratum II (double-headed hermes)
gaze at the mountains’ mirror: are those the heights?
graphic provençal, trickling graphite. rub
some off. the plunge of lead into paper?
into the spoken? and again: spoken speech? the
face is the target. the targeted constraint. the
voice, subdued and rattling, gnashing
and gurgling effusively. bootlegged
tongue tool, burglar’s tool, when lists
of memory protocols slowly move
past: a rubbing, a shard, out of a regulated
childhood, out of the blue clattering of slide
projectors. crusty lips, painfully cracked lips
of the stylites. a dirty hand points at your face.
© Translation: 2002, Peter Filkins
From: Poetry Magazine Oct. Nov. 1998
From: Poetry Magazine Oct. Nov. 1998
schicht II (doppelherme)
schicht II (doppelherme)
in den bergspiegel blickn; ist das di höhe?grafi, provencalisch, graphitgeriesel. ab
rieb. das stürze, als höhenblei, sich ins papier?
in geredete, und wieder: geredete rede? das
gesicht ist di peilwand. der peilzwang. di
stimme, bezwungn und scheppernd, im kni
rschn rieselndn wohllauts, gebootlegtes
zungnzeug, wenn das raubzeug, wenn listn
von gedächtnisprotokollen sich vorbei
schiem: abrieb, abschliff. aus vorschrift
licher kindheit; aus blau durchklackerndn
dias. krustige lippe, scharfkrustige stylitn
lippe. kothand di weist stracks ins gesicht.
© 1996, Suhrkamp Verlag; Veröffentlichung mit freundlicher Genehmigung
From: Thomas Kling: morsch. Gedichte
Publisher: Suhrkamp, Frankfurt/Main
From: Thomas Kling: morsch. Gedichte
Publisher: Suhrkamp, Frankfurt/Main
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stratum II (double-headed hermes)
gaze at the mountains’ mirror: are those the heights?
graphic provençal, trickling graphite. rub
some off. the plunge of lead into paper?
into the spoken? and again: spoken speech? the
face is the target. the targeted constraint. the
voice, subdued and rattling, gnashing
and gurgling effusively. bootlegged
tongue tool, burglar’s tool, when lists
of memory protocols slowly move
past: a rubbing, a shard, out of a regulated
childhood, out of the blue clattering of slide
projectors. crusty lips, painfully cracked lips
of the stylites. a dirty hand points at your face.
© 2002, Peter Filkins
From: Poetry Magazine Oct. Nov. 1998
From: Poetry Magazine Oct. Nov. 1998
stratum II (double-headed hermes)
gaze at the mountains’ mirror: are those the heights?
graphic provençal, trickling graphite. rub
some off. the plunge of lead into paper?
into the spoken? and again: spoken speech? the
face is the target. the targeted constraint. the
voice, subdued and rattling, gnashing
and gurgling effusively. bootlegged
tongue tool, burglar’s tool, when lists
of memory protocols slowly move
past: a rubbing, a shard, out of a regulated
childhood, out of the blue clattering of slide
projectors. crusty lips, painfully cracked lips
of the stylites. a dirty hand points at your face.
© 2002, Peter Filkins
From: Poetry Magazine Oct. Nov. 1998
From: Poetry Magazine Oct. Nov. 1998
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