Cornelia Hülmbauer
MAU MAU
whoever's hungry needs to eat
whoever scavenges is in despair
searching in the neighbors' gullet
whoever's addicted instead of dead
the uncles go hunting
the aunts go collecting
the aunts bear bleeders
the uncles climb atop
spots on the tissue
from the frayed extension
put the fair game on a leash
smock and puckered mouths
silver suffices in place of gold
a cup's in the cupboard
that's all a girl needs
there's a loose screw
the cupboard won't hold much
milk and honey
cold cloth on forehead
someone kicks the bucket
another burns with fever
the girl wraps her hair around her neck
the girl holds her breath
the girl paints butterflies in her mind's eye
the girl has pupated
hopscotch open & closed
cracks creases hands off
blades cut up skin
noses bleed fast
From: fragment from MAU OEH D
MAU MAU
wie honger heeft moet eten
wie restjes zoekt die is in nood
die zoekt de bek van buren af
verslaafd zijn en niet dood
ooms die gaan op jacht
tantes scharrelen op
tantes gooien bloeders
ooms die gaan erop
spikkels in het weefsel
uitwas waar het rafelt
vogelvrij verklaard bij die aan de lijn
stofjas en halfopen mond
zilver is hier meer dan goud
in de kast staat een enkel kopje
meer nodig heeft een meisje niet
de kast mist enkele schroeven
veel draagt de kast ook niet
melk met suiker
schoen van azijn
iemand geeft de pijp aan maarten
iemand schiet bleek weg van koorts
meisje strengelt haren rond haar hals
meisje houdt haar adem in
meisje spint vlinders voor haar ogen
meisje is verpopt
hel en hemel open & dicht
vouwen handen spleten weg
randen kerven huiden in
neuzen bloeden gauw
From: fragment uit MAU OEH D
MAU MAU
wer hungrig ist muss essen
wer reste sucht ist in der not
der sucht das maul der nachbarn ab
wer süchtig ist statt tot
die onkel gehen jagen
die tanten klauben auf
die tanten werfen bluter
die onkel steigen drauf
sprengsel im gewebe
aus dem auswuchs wo es franst
freiwild zu den angeleinten
kittel und geschürzte münder
silber ist hier gold genug
im kasten steht ein häferl
mehr braucht ein mädl nicht
am kasten fehlen schrauben
viel hält der kasten nicht
milch mit zucker
schuh aus essig
einem stellts die patschen auf
einer fiebert hin
das mädchen schlingt sich haare um den hals
das mädchen hält den atem
das mädchen spinnt sich falter vor die augen
das mädchen ist verpuppt
himmel hölle auf & zu
spalten falten hände weg
kanten schneiden häute ein
nasen bluten schnell
MAU MAU
whoever's hungry needs to eat
whoever scavenges is in despair
searching in the neighbors' gullet
whoever's addicted instead of dead
the uncles go hunting
the aunts go collecting
the aunts bear bleeders
the uncles climb atop
spots on the tissue
from the frayed extension
put the fair game on a leash
smock and puckered mouths
silver suffices in place of gold
a cup's in the cupboard
that's all a girl needs
there's a loose screw
the cupboard won't hold much
milk and honey
cold cloth on forehead
someone kicks the bucket
another burns with fever
the girl wraps her hair around her neck
the girl holds her breath
the girl paints butterflies in her mind's eye
the girl has pupated
hopscotch open & closed
cracks creases hands off
blades cut up skin
noses bleed fast
From: fragment from MAU OEH D
MAU MAU
whoever's hungry needs to eat
whoever scavenges is in despair
searching in the neighbors' gullet
whoever's addicted instead of dead
the uncles go hunting
the aunts go collecting
the aunts bear bleeders
the uncles climb atop
spots on the tissue
from the frayed extension
put the fair game on a leash
smock and puckered mouths
silver suffices in place of gold
a cup's in the cupboard
that's all a girl needs
there's a loose screw
the cupboard won't hold much
milk and honey
cold cloth on forehead
someone kicks the bucket
another burns with fever
the girl wraps her hair around her neck
the girl holds her breath
the girl paints butterflies in her mind's eye
the girl has pupated
hopscotch open & closed
cracks creases hands off
blades cut up skin
noses bleed fast
From: fragment from MAU OEH D