Tuesday, 11 March 2025

ZKG1-4: 'Bestelle dein Haus'

 

Bestelle dein Haus, denn du wirst sterben

und nicht lebendig bleiben.

(Isaiah 38, 1/Bach Cantata no. 106)

 

ZKG1

 

four swans fly high

above the sound

they seem to know

where they are bound

 

they fly in an

ascending line

combine to form

a secret sign

 

they slowly slice

the sky in two

as on they move

right out of view

 

i have no way

possess no art

to stop the folds

that fall apart

 

 

ZKG2

 

the blackbird chirps and

trills away

he improvises

every day

 

or so it seems though

it may be

he shapes his song to

fit his tree

 

and seamlessly the

two then merge

and fill the space where

they converge 

 

 

ZKG3

 

Mein Fall ist, in Kürze, dieser: es ist mir 

völlig die Fähigkeit abhanden gekommen,

über irgend etwas zusammenhängend

zu denken oder zu sprechen.

(Hugo von Hofmannsthal,

Brief des Lord Chandos an Francis Bacon)

 

from early on

i pinned my hopes

on words alone

 

so when they lie

there in my hands

like smooth sea-stones

 

bereft of meaning

this represents

a loss of faith

 

a gain of gravitas

 

 

ZKG4

 

get things done right now

i say to myself

don’t procrastinate

don’t shilly-shally

 

there’s so little time

but there’s every time

each and every time

every nowest now

 

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