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The King of Münster

from Part II - Der neuen Gedichte anderer Teil / The New Poems: The Other Part

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

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Summary

The king has felt some shears,

so now his head is … over-crowned?

They're bent a bit, his ears,

where vicious talk has found

its way (the hungry swarm

has rabble-babbled). And,

merely to keep it warm,

he's sat on his right hand —

sat grumpy; heavy-assed;

no longer feeling real or lawful.

The lord in him has passed,

and all the sex is awful.

Totentanz

Sie brauchen kein Tanz-Orchester;

sie hören in sich ein Geheule,

als waren sie Eulennester.

Ihr Ängsten näßt wie eine Beule,

und der Vorgeruch ihrer Fäule

ist noch ihr bester Geruch.

Sie fassen den Tänzer fester,

den rippenbetreßten Tänzer,

den Galan, den achten Ergänzer

zu einem ganzen Paar.

Und er lockert der Ordensschwester

über dem Haar das Tuch;

sie tanzen ja unter Gleichen.

Und er zieht der wachslichtbleichen

leise die Lesezeichen

aus ihrem Stunden-Buch.

Bald wird ihnen allen zu heiß,

sie sind zu reich gekleidet;

beißender Schweiß verleidet

ihnen Stirne und Steiß

und Schauben und Hauben und Steine;

sie wünschen, sie wären nackt

wie ein Kind, ein Verrückter und Eine:

die tanzen noch immer im Takt.

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New Poems , pp. 211 - 212
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2015

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