Night Music

Little brook, running past my house,
I like the tune you hum to yourself
When night comes,
And only the two of us are awake.
You keep me company
So I don’t fear
The darkness round my bed
And the thoughts in my head
Flying crookedly like bats
Between the old church and the graveyard.

© Charles Simic
Aus: The Lunatic
New York: Ecco, 2015
Audioproduktion: Literaturwerkstatt Berlin / Haus für Poesie, 2016