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Sonja vom Brocke
RELIEF
What did he slip out of. An egg hologram? A precisely removedchip-cyst? The New Bones Man is clean; sterile right to the smallest
splits in his toenails; depilated even between his arse cheeks,
worked-out free of colouring, right to his symmetrical marrow. Pure data. Since
the Archean all hermit days liquidated, a blank screen.
He still kills, but without touching (material is nothing to him but a burden from the past,
anachronistic greed), with no swelling interest – in actual fact a shift
is enough. Gets a solution. Lords of Darkness don’t count for him, formica,
no engineer’s instrument for drainage. The final breath is drawn off
germ-free, and that’s guaranteed.
He’s a bulimic who stuffs himself with crime stories where characters bill and coo,
plots twist like worm-tails, until he throws up. That empties his minus stomach like an
unload . . . urn in which, hatefully retrograde, the A- whistles.
© Translation: 2016, Catherine Hales
LOSSING
Wat ontliep ie. Een eihologram? Een keurig verwijderdechip-cyste? De Nieuwe-Bottenman is clean; tot in ’t miniemste
teennagelhaaltje gesteriliseerd; zelfs tussen z’n billen onthaard,
afgetraind kleurvrij, tot in ’t symmetrische merg. Reinste data. Sinds
het azoïcum alle kobolddagen geliquideerd, één blanco screen.
Hij doodt nog, maar greeploos (materie is ’m enkel tot oude last,
anachronistische drift), zonder opwellend interesse – eigenlijk is ’n shift
genoeg. Zorgt voor oplossing. Duistere types moet ie niet, toplaminaat,
geen ingenieursinstrument om te draineren. De snik volgt zonder
kiemen, valt onder de garantie.
Met detectives, waarin ze trekkebekken, wormvormige aanhangsels
kronkelen, slaat de bouli aan het braken. Dan is zijn minusmaag leeg
als ’n unload- . . . urn waarin, haatbaar retrograad, de A- fluit.
© Vertaling: 2016, Ton Naaijkens
ABLÖSE
Was ist er entwichen. Einem Eihologramm? Einer sauber entferntenChip-Zyste? Der Neue-Knochen-Mann ist clean; bis in die engste
Zehnagelritze sterilisiert; selbst zwischen den Hinterbacken enthaart,
durchtrainiert farbfrei, bis ins symmetrische Mark. Pure Data. Seit
Azoikum alle Schrattage liquidiert, ein blanker Screen.
Noch tötet er, aber grifflos (Materie ist ihm nichts als Altlast,
anachronistische Gier), ohne quellendes Interesse – eigentlich reicht
ein Shift. Sorgt für Lösung. Dunkelheits Grafen zählen ihm nicht, Resopal,
kein Ingenieursinstrument zum Dränieren. Der Abhauch erfolgt ohne
Keime, darauf steht Garantie.
Mit Krimis, in denen sie schnäbeln, sich Wurmfortsätze krümmen,
treibt sich der Buli zum Speien. So ist sein Minusmagen leer wie eine
Unload- . . . Urne, in der, hassenswert retrograd, das A- pfeift.
© 2015, Sonja vom Brocke
From: Venice singt
Publisher: kookbooks, Berlin
From: Venice singt
Publisher: kookbooks, Berlin
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RELIEF
What did he slip out of. An egg hologram? A precisely removedchip-cyst? The New Bones Man is clean; sterile right to the smallest
splits in his toenails; depilated even between his arse cheeks,
worked-out free of colouring, right to his symmetrical marrow. Pure data. Since
the Archean all hermit days liquidated, a blank screen.
He still kills, but without touching (material is nothing to him but a burden from the past,
anachronistic greed), with no swelling interest – in actual fact a shift
is enough. Gets a solution. Lords of Darkness don’t count for him, formica,
no engineer’s instrument for drainage. The final breath is drawn off
germ-free, and that’s guaranteed.
He’s a bulimic who stuffs himself with crime stories where characters bill and coo,
plots twist like worm-tails, until he throws up. That empties his minus stomach like an
unload . . . urn in which, hatefully retrograde, the A- whistles.
© 2016, Catherine Hales
From: Venice singt
From: Venice singt
RELIEF
What did he slip out of. An egg hologram? A precisely removedchip-cyst? The New Bones Man is clean; sterile right to the smallest
splits in his toenails; depilated even between his arse cheeks,
worked-out free of colouring, right to his symmetrical marrow. Pure data. Since
the Archean all hermit days liquidated, a blank screen.
He still kills, but without touching (material is nothing to him but a burden from the past,
anachronistic greed), with no swelling interest – in actual fact a shift
is enough. Gets a solution. Lords of Darkness don’t count for him, formica,
no engineer’s instrument for drainage. The final breath is drawn off
germ-free, and that’s guaranteed.
He’s a bulimic who stuffs himself with crime stories where characters bill and coo,
plots twist like worm-tails, until he throws up. That empties his minus stomach like an
unload . . . urn in which, hatefully retrograde, the A- whistles.
© 2016, Catherine Hales
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