from Part II - Der neuen Gedichte anderer Teil / The New Poems: The Other Part
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2016
Off in the garden blooms the evil sleep
into which those who sank became the lovers
of such young images as self discovers —
they were wide open, willing, caved-in deep —
and dreams. (In febrile masks, the dream appears,
giant amidst the pageant as it churns.)
All of this thickens in the long, thin spears —
indolent stems that lift the wrapped-up urns
of seeds so tightly-clenched. (And long delayed
in wilting, bearing buds turned downside-up.)
They burst apart, their calyxes all frayed
and feverish as they choke each poppy cup.
Die Flamingos
Jardin des Plantes, Paris
In Spiegelbildern wie von Fragonard
ist doch von ihrem Weiß und ihrer Röte
nicht mehr gegeben, als dir einer böte,
wenn er von seiner Freundin sagt: sie war
noch sanft von Schlaf. Denn steigen sie ins Grüne
und stehn, auf rosa Stielen leicht gedreht,
beisammen, blühend, wie in einem Beet,
verführen sie verführender als Phryne
sich selber; bis sie ihres Auges Bleiche
hinhalsend bergen in der eignen Weiche,
in welcher Schwarz und Fruchtrot sich versteckt.
Auf einmal kreischt ein Neid durch die Volière;
sie aber haben sich erstaunt gestreckt
und schreiten einzeln ins Imaginäre.
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