This poem is taken from PN Review 11, Volume 6 Number 3, January - February 1980.
Rilke's Feetwade an wade
stand rilke
aus den beiden schuhen heraus
Ernst Jandl
1.
Heart bowels hand head and O the breast
So many of the parts fan out
Pressing on speech
Each a shape distinct
At length delivered a message
Classified sensitive
2.
Perched in my tree as the light
Tries to unfold over Wilmersdorf
Rilke's feet a phrase
Ran amok in the mass below-
But in the grass
Not a trace left-playing
Woodland god he walked there
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