NEGEV
For we bend and break time –
For we bend and break time –
always the same
clearer than any re-telling
in subsections
one cubit wide
falling but in good order
with clocks
casually
irrefutable
so as to kill
magically
effective
solely for you
in disgrace
in the media consensus
triumphant
unbridled
at the end of this century
undoubtedly forever
overly historical
non-content
as if blind
honest
well understood
despite relapses
in general
now as such
concealed
asleep
at high sea
in principle
more than once
with chocolate
in the knight’s castle
in the squadron
furtive but dignified
with them
and more
foolish
isolated
no trouble
at the airport
passport please
alright
thank God
prompted
adulated
in eulogies
in a flash
uniformed
motionless
in desolation
sadly
transformed
safe
cadaverous
separated
via WhatsApp
in swimming trunks
dreaming
granting freedom
to everyone’s agreement
as if in solidarity
travelling in a far-off country
at home
by the boats
freely
clearer than any re-telling
in subsections
one cubit wide
falling but in good order
with clocks
casually
irrefutable
so as to kill
magically
effective
solely for you
in disgrace
in the media consensus
triumphant
unbridled
at the end of this century
undoubtedly forever
overly historical
non-content
as if blind
honest
well understood
despite relapses
in general
now as such
concealed
asleep
at high sea
in principle
more than once
with chocolate
in the knight’s castle
in the squadron
furtive but dignified
with them
and more
foolish
isolated
no trouble
at the airport
passport please
alright
thank God
prompted
adulated
in eulogies
in a flash
uniformed
motionless
in desolation
sadly
transformed
safe
cadaverous
separated
via WhatsApp
in swimming trunks
dreaming
granting freedom
to everyone’s agreement
as if in solidarity
travelling in a far-off country
at home
by the boats
freely
Ivonne Dippmann, excerpt Liebeslied Chemnitz – Tel Aviv, Berlin 2018
Translation: M. Turnbull
