Somebody's going Poem by Barbara Köhler

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somebody's going & he knows he's going a way
somebody's going & she knows he's going away
some body knows that he is going away for he
knows that she stays & that some body goes a
way she knows for she is staying that he can
only go away if she would stay she knows: if
she also went away there would be no more go
ing away for there would be nobody left that
stays but how can he know that - for he does
not even turn

Translation: Georgina Paul with students and author