August Stramm Poems

Yielding clod lulls iron off to sleep
bloods clot the patches where they oozed
rusts crumble
fleshes slime
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A star frightens the steeple cross
a horse gasps smoke
iron clanks drowsily
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Staffs flehen cross arms
Writing zagt pale unknown
Flowers impudent
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Tücher
Winken
Flattern
Knattern.
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Living desires
Shouldering to stand
Glimpses searching
Dying grows
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Earth under the helmet flowers
Falling stars
Grope through space.
Roaring shudders
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Space
Time
Space
Travel
Raining
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Toes deaden.
Breath smelts to lead.
Hot needles dance in fingers.
Backs turn to snails.Ears hum coffee.
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U Stands! U stands!
And I
And I
I wing
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Tender sods fallen asleep at their iron
Blood fluffing outpost scum
Rusted crusts
Slimy flesh skinned
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