THE GREEN VOICE
bambus # 81 - anis 19.05.00
there
is nothing - in my head - it's as empty - as a bottle -- i came
to this world - with good intentions - there was nothing - in
the mountains - and nothing - in the cities - it was mantled -
in flesh and blood - my camera - understood the scene - but i
- did not -- i am the green voice - i speak to you - through a
passage - from the other side - of the time window - into my tea
cup i speak - speaking - to the people - at the boat - through
emptiness - the voice is rolling - in gentle waves - onto hot
shores - cooling - bringing soft dreams - from the other side
- of the stargate -- like a journalist on vacation - i walk among
thee - the camera smiling - on my belly - she really understands
- she really bridges - between us - someone - you can trust -
someone - you can lean on - and tell - your troubles to -- there
is nothing - no motion - you would not think that - when you see
- the pictures
- they feel so close - you would think - you are
in the middle of - something burning - and you think - it exists
- because the camera - saw it - but it does not really - exist
- in that way - it is - different - you should rather - see it
- with your own eyes - without - a translating machine - the machine
- feels different feelings - you are not - a machine - when i
leave you - you will cry - because - you are not - the machine
-- the green voice - is not afraid - it is talking - in a different
language - there are many - languages - everybody has one -- often
- i sat - in the desert - listening - to the dead - stroking the
sand - and keeping my eyes down - there is not even solitude -
in the desert - it is a city - with no houses - and no water -
i can miss you there - just as well - it makes - no difference
- home is - where the heart is -- the voice - does not speak -
about maybes - or mustbes - it speaks - from the other side -
through the passage - in a dream - of perfect white - where a
child is playing merrily - in the crammed garden - crushing the
fruits - and shooting arrows - like an angel in love - with no
regret -- on omega five - i sit - drinking water - and go out
to explore - looking for signs - and wonders - in a gold rush
fever - where everything is green - like flowers undone - as if
- paper was reinvented - bringing space - for homeless thoughts
- they break - like breaking news - into the sky -- i have survived
- mischief and pain - and have not forgotten - all the colors
- you sent me - it is like - coming back - in a new dress - with
a new voice - of significant green - melting - the sun - and the
sea - the warm - and the blue - hoping - for better times - in
direct action - without violence - under the unmentioned - yoke
-- my friend - i know that you - have a tale to tell - i have
experienced - a lot of it - the camera - takes pictures - of the
known land - of the already seen - the already grown - they talk
- to me - and to you - in our respective - castles - and each
key - confirms the prison -- the stargate - the time window -
is to be found - inside - and inside only - the distance - is
one - of manners - unmeasured - uncatalogued - a blank map - and
a green journalist - on vacation - speaking - about little cupids
- tulips - and true lips - missing - the meadows - and the flower
women - who have departed - long ago -- coming back - into a land
- of silence and woe - back - after having - absorbed thee - and
chewed -- sitting here - in my umbrella - drinking water - and
eating bread - until i am satisfied - exploring - the green voice
- which reaches through the passage - into inhabited beds - tickling
their toes
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