Birth

                         There it is -
                       a twig, its dry skin :
                        the rough skin of it !

                    Its lines traversing
                            the entire length
                                     of the cut-off segment

                          Somewhere, somehow 
                       an elder is missing
                                             this twig
                          which is split open at one end

                             An oval fruit, a berry
                                    dark red, almost violet
                                sticks inside
                                         the split-open end

                               The twig is giving  birth
                                 It is giving birth
                                        to this berry child
 

                                                                       Jean-Georges Massart, 
                                                                           Vlier, klei, vuur (1989) 
 
 
 
 

                         Geburt

                           Da ist's -
                   ein Zweig - seine trock'ne Rinde 
                       die rauhe Rinde davon !

                  ihre Linien durchziehen
                             die ganze Laenge
                                  des abgeschnittenen Stuecks
 

                              Irgendwo irgendwie
                          fehlt einem Holunder jetzt
                                 dieser Zweig
                                der aufgeschlitzt ist an einem Ende

                            Eine ovale Frucht - eine Beere
                                     steckt drin
                                 in dem aufgeplitteten Ende

                              Der Zweig gebiert -
                                   Er gebiert
                                 dieses Beeren-Kind
 
 
 
 

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