(in the eighth night, dream) tra...

(in the eighth night, dream)

translated at Andrew Shields


saw her push
a tampon in
a small white figure
packed tight as if to parachute--a photo of a child
appeared--little girl as take wing agaric--someone turned
the knob--pulsing pointer forward shining
frequency scale--brain number of a gnat in
flight through dragonfly pond.

the smoth the notched.
ghe gleaming, inside, in her.
plug zipper. bleeding after missed
abortion. forward the scale the pointer
phosphoresces in ultrasound
white: run after me
follw me. white as a tooth
you lie in my belly

and be still

Ulrike Draesner was