Cold Feet
Farewell
This is a sad goodbye
After all, a traveller needs to be on the road
Safe and sound
To and from
Loved ones
A buzzing city
Fare. Well.
Onwards. Whereto?
This is no journey, at least not for my kind
Spastic, idiot, senile
You take the hurdles as they come
What about your cold feet? And unwillingness?
The daily pilgrimage by rail or road
Rampant arbitrariness where gentlemen don’ t get up
but kneel down orderly
The anguish of day-trippers
The journey of the blind and lame
I will no longer fear anything
if everyone becomes disgruntled with how we treat
the needy and the stagnation in waiting rooms and stations
Agile or limping
Why depart if we’re going to get stranded anyway?
Stranded. Beached. Silting up
We can do it all in the ankle-deep
We want the sea
Übersetzung ins Englische: Astrid Alben