Why won't you eat Darling I whispered compassionately With a long gentle stroke on the cheek While automatically delaying The swallowing of another gulp Of unsweetened lemon green tea So as to better feel its taste One would think It's true you’ve been sleeping Late into the afternoon yet again But look now it's already … Continuă lectura Why won’t you eat (One-sided self-talk)

My dear Sir For quite a while now As you well must know I have kept waiting for you Ever so patiently To take matters into your own hands And muster up the courage To finally cross the border that separates Our adjoining lands I have not tired of looking out The drawing-room window During … Continuă lectura A bit over it Sir

You like to hide away Cuddled up by an imaginary fire In your own secluded little tower Made of old-smelling books Pretending there is nothing more Precious Than what can be dug up Out of writing You shroud yourself in a make-believe Cloak of invisibility On the one hand grateful for the latest Ridiculous Almost … Continuă lectura Not a fair (social) game

in another life I think I would have liked to be a dancer like the white ballerinas in the famous paintings I knew nothing about until some years back someone said a certain picture of mine reminded them of Degas maybe then I would have learned much earlier to viscerally enjoy music without words to … Continuă lectura In another life