Weather or not
From the window I watch
my neighbour trying
to sweep leaves off the street
while the wind brings more
continuously –
a rare moment
of inner peace
(and of everyday poetics).
Cliché has it
at any time, German
streets must be clean
and orderly –
weather or not.
.
Shopping list
4 apples.
1 six pack of Irish stout.
Some cyber-attacks on democratic parliaments.
A bag of potatoes.
246 members of the Christian Union faction
………….in favour of gender equality.
1 Marxist motor yacht (4×15 metres).
1 erratic and 1 anvil for you
to know what it feels like being stuck
………….between a rock and a hard place.
A new smartphone (any, really)
………….to film all sorts of abuse in the streets
………….to avoid stepping in, helping the vulnerable out.
1 current TV guide (the cheapest available).
6 slices of Alpine cheese.
4 slices of red cheddar
………….(the one matured in Flemish Brabant).
Some instant meals (with and without
………….meat filled with antibiotics).
1 conspiracy myth (broadly construed)
………….incorporating all kinds of crap and vaccines.
1 US President fond of Human Rights.
All the things money can buy.
© Sven Kretzschmar
Sven Kretzschmar is a German poet. His poetry has been published widely in Europe and overseas, among other outlets with Poetry Jukebox in Belfast, in Writing Home. The ‘New Irish’ Poets (Dedalus Press, 2019) and Turangalîla-Palestine (Dairbhre, 2019), and has been shortlisted for various awards and competitions. Further work is forthcoming in 100 Words of Solitude (Rare Swan Press), Voices 2020 (Cold River Press) and Poets Meet Politics. See more at: https://trackking.wordpress.com/ and Instagram: @sven_saar_poetry
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