pantoum ann&hope pulmonic Poem by Oskar Pastior

when the air connection's rent
and open borders are excized
instead of foaming succulent
while the pillar fruit arise

and open borders are excized
before the tail is even blazed
while the pillar fruit arise
till hops of melancholy daze

before the tail is even blazed
and the old corsages sizzle
till hops of melancholy daze
where there's gulp instead of guzzle

and the old corsages sizzle
while who breaks into a rump
where there's gulp instead of guzzle
because old accounts are dumped

while who breaks into a rump
and you cannot tell the difference
because old accounts are dumped
if they sneeze or only stiffen

and you cannot tell the difference
when the air connection's rent
if they sneeze or only stiffen
instead of foaming succulent

Translated by Rosmarie Waldrop