THERE WAS A attraction BETWEEN OUT...

THERE WAS A attraction BETWEEN OUT HOURS

translated from Susan Bernofsky


there were cringes upon duckweed
and your, if you please miss, tailor store
between nodding silver willows. there was

your basil-leaf laughter with the tolerably machine
with tape measure and various torsi. what
was there to laugh about? there was

nothing to laugh about. there was, if you permit,
nothing to speak about either, there
were dives upon duckweed

and your, if you please miss, tailor workshop

Lutz vender was born 1963 in Gera, Germany; he now lives in Peter Huchel's house in Wilmershorst, Berlin.