NURSING
Without the crown and without
the veil and without the black
damask gown.
Without the chemise.
The brimming breast.
The nipples
between the lips.
__________
VOID
In the void a word
like a white
tomb in the sand
like a bird on a
stone without legend.
Translated from the German by Stuart Friebert with permission of Carl Hanser Verlag/Munich