Kira Wuck: 'Liefdesbrief' in English translation

Love letter

I licked plates clean

and saw how rain drained sadness from the sky

Someone asked if he could keep ten perch in my fridge

since when it smells of fish here

water dripped from his chin

I asked if he could see to the washing up

and said that I sometimes had curls and was sometimes a fireman’s wife

then I’d wave from the engine, even though houses were burning down

at night I cycled without any lights

but I can play everything by ear

the strangest of things

When I saw someone who looked just like you

I wanted to press my lips to his

then cut his heart out of his ribcage

and put it in a fish bowl