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someone sprayed over his graffiti behind the
Globus Parkhaus
now his
"Zukunft ohne Stahl!" in blue
was only half visible under new letters
"MENETEKEL" in black
soon
all the empty travel agencies
boutiques
and shisha/sports bars
in Völklingen
will become galleries
too
•
Von Ehre ohne Ruhm
Von Grosse ohne Glanz
Von Würde ohne Sold
Ω
karaoke overlord was here
∞
midnite coming up
*
come home disk
hold onto mist
cars pile high
seas only kiss
•
Atahualpa in rags
†
his first book was a box of matches / the next a dry stone wall / the next a pair of light blue jeans with matching shirt, buttons of mother of pearl / at the age of twenty / he had read most of the classics /
•
he cultivated lips they would become his and be put in the pit where the words had landed until now and speak and say: here is a tomb for a mute
The doorway to Hüttenstraße 17 opens when singing the lines Ich hab' mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren / in einer lauen Sommernacht on the corner outside Dr. Bahnemann's dentistry at five past two in the afternoon on the first Monday of the month.
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bringe nicht die opposition zum schweigen
das schweigen ist die opposition
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(oder: krieg in phantasien (danke verena))