Dieter M Gräf Poems

sky, scooter swarms, back

to the Union Hotel, its
awoken name at four (szu):
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(the soft paws of the organ)

(behind the back, shining
Magdalene relic) (you
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'and failure, yes, that does it in this life'
T. Kling, Leopardi: L'Infinito / Das Unendliche

this hugely orange, table-filling ashtray,
Giangiacomo Feltrinelli's wedding present
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to put oneself
out in an incan
descent nothing;

in the highway tunnel
a shark's mouth, diving,
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slit side already yachted
away: mall,

hamburger hovering
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undyed pants of the
conqueror of the exotic

world, straight razor, chess
pieces he still played
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has clambered onto the Z of the fire
escape, showing those who live down
stairs: I've seen God! Still there,
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'Death creates an immediate synthesis of the life that has just ended,
and the light it reflects back onto that life
illuminates the essential moments and turns them
into mythical or morals acts outside of time.'
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it's raining, or the sun is shining.

Its way up through this
Maria air to the visibility

of the chapel. Drala
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toward the Swept
or Barren Place
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