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of lake michigan<\/strong>
\nTransl. Eva Bourke<\/em><\/p>\n

the whole night the storm raged
\naround the white clapboard house held together
\nby no more than the thin lamplight
\nof its rooms. the autumnal crowns
\nof the trees next morning
\nlike shattered church windows.<\/p>\n

the abandoned amusement park
\nwith the maritime snakes of its rollercoasters:
\nin good summers they feed on
\nall the candied screams,
\nnow they stand, rigid with winter.<\/p>\n

nightly, friends, the dusk
\ncuts out the silhouettes
\nof deer from the woods.
\nthe long strolls on the strand:
\ndifficult to say in this lonely light
\nwhether it is a black bear climbing ashore
\nor a fragment of driftwood
\nburnt to a black bear.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 
\n
\nohio<\/i><\/b>
\n<\/i><\/strong>Transl. Eva Bourke<\/i><\/i>
\n<\/i>
\n<\/i><\/strong>whoever walks here looks suspicious.<\/p>\n

the clapboard houses in blue and gray,
\nwarmed by the sun.
\nthe cricket engine purring more slowly,<\/p>\n

and a sky promoting nothing but itself.
\nthe first dry leaves float down
\nas if a library were on fire somewhere.<\/p>\n

weeks still, days at least,
\nuntil winter pushes its blizzards against
\nthe flimsy window panes.<\/p>\n

towards the north lie the great lakes,
\nand the wind sweeps through all the way to chile.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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