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  Schreit in der Nacht, Singen

  Straßen, rote Bäche, weiß

  Gas sickert durch die Haut,

  Ihre Ohren explodieren mit flash-bang

  Einschläge hinter dem Zittern Kamera

  auf, wo er liegt, gefallen Marine, mit weit aufgerissenen Augen,betäubt,

  Schädel-split Opfer dieser amerikanische Nacht.

  Folgen Sie einfach ihr Geld

  zum Oberlauf der Gier

  und Sie werden sehen, wie sie vor Wut

  gegen Ihren Bedarf

  bis endlich

  es ist dein Blut

  sie wollen

  zu trinken.

  Wilma’s Welcome

  He sat the table, fresh kid,

  waiting for his dinner, 

  pushing back the war 

  now so far away.

  His big brother smiled

  glad to see him safe,

  when she walked in, 

  carrying a steaming plate

  of the best fried chicken

  either had ever seen.

  The aroma awoke in his memory

  soft Ohio nights,

  God's righteous thunder rumbling  

  gentle rains cooling the hot August sky, 

  when Mom carried in our dinner, 

  fried chicken and mashed potatoes, 

  safety and 

  love.

  And looking at his brother's new wife, 

  he smiled and at last said, 

  "welcome to the family!"

  Prayer for All Souls

  Fill me with your

  sacred fire.

  I long to rise from

  this moldering pyre,

  but I'm trapped

  under a dying sun.

  Your love

  is just beyond my reach,

  and sight fails

  as I falter,

  and back

  to basic earth

  fall.

  O, lift me

  with your mighty hand

  and once again

  I'll live.

  Storm on Hunter's Hill

  Pure line

  slopes skyward

  massive, dry,

  creased clusters

  cast-rock,

  hard shale,

  till crevasses,

  small streams, fill with rain,

  increase to flash-flood

  greedy hands

  grab pebbles, haul branches,

  crashing to the road

  below.

  The rain wants it all down,

  to sink it into the sea,

  level proud mountains,

  make all things

  equal,

  but the rising line flows

  to a distant ridge

  where dark oaks

  hold out

  for hard, blue 

  day.

  Advice for a Madman

  Look into the sun

  and you'll sear your brains.

  Deep truth burns,

  sets tender nerves aflame.

  Better to look

  at the dispossessed moon.

  with reflected lies

  she'll comfort you.

  Ratschläge für einen Madman

  Schauen Sie in die Sonne

  und du wirst sear Ihr Gehirn.

  Tiefe Wahrheit brennt,

  setzt zarten Nerven in Flammen.

  Besser aussehen

  an der enteigneten Mond.

  mit reflektiertem liegt

  sie wird dich trösten.

  Nocturne November

  breathe deeply

  the darkness,

  listen to the rain

  pounding drum-beat

  drops, see glass streaming,

  liquid streets glistening,

  imbibe the stink of mud,

  rot of moldering leaf,

  as life

  subsides.

  Nocturnes November

  atmen Sie tief durch

  die Dunkelheit,

  lauschen Sie den regen

  Schlagen Trommelschlag

  Tropfen, siehe Glas-Streaming,

  Flüssigkeit Straßen glitzern,

  trinken den Gestank von Schlamm,

  rot von modernden Blatt,

  wie das Leben

  nachlässt.

  Immanence

 
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