le secours mutuel

"The Woodpecker"

Pious cheers were not enough,

for a woodpecker to weep over a torn landscape.

It meant a lot to me, or rather so much,

to be able to state with vivid certainty

how distant these songs are.

And then reflection struck me.

Years later, I talked to him about that scene.

And he remembered nothing but peace.

Think, how little human empires are

to one woodpecker.

"God knows"

Do You remember? You took a piece of body

Meat – without echo – there will be no mercy.

Crying and Scratching

Escape into the oblivion „Stay!” –

they shout, they cry from the harbor.

Apnea, now I remember –

My blood is shining bright at midnight

It  speaks to moon, kissing it utterly.

In an empty glass

You can find me.

Take away my soul’s pain, there is one way

My soul has just evaporated.

Poor dog’s heart has melted.

Too late, too little

I will remember about You abroad

of the abyss, my famous, underground passsage

to the dawn, to the darkness

The Sun is on its way.

My dear friend, kissing my feet

is my hell with a knife in his hand.

*

J.