Donald Berger
The Wall
Language: german
Translations:
german (Die Wand)
The Wall
The wall has pictures on it.
Why? And there are so many books
on the floor and desk.
There is a pen lying next to an elbow
and a pile of paper at a reach
to the right. In one huge way
that's all that needs noting
but in another more confused, more modern way,
it’s whatever thought
has fallen, like being promised
to be taken somewhere
you've only seen pictures of.
There isn't anything
planned, the whole day just sort of
swings off into the shadow over there,
swings off to the right over there
next to the picture of the farm.