Street Scene
Someone’s shadow and the shadow of his dogAre what I see through my window looking outAcross the street. Someone’s shadow, and thenAs the leaves of the tree just outside my…
Someone’s shadow and the shadow of his dogAre what I see through my window looking outAcross the street. Someone’s shadow, and thenAs the leaves of the tree just outside my…
The patternsof rainfall and afforestation,the veins of village streams—I colored them inas I saw fit. My beloved spiderswove a second patternon top,which I approvedbefore leaving. —Günter Eich(translated from the German…