Friday, May 24, 2013

Apple round ... Rainer Maria Rilke

Round apple, pear, banana
     and currant ... All this talk
     of life and death in the mouth. I feel ...
     Read more on the child's face

     when biting into the fruit. Yes, this comes close.
     Feel the ineffable in your mouth?
     Where words were flowing discoveries,
     as suddenly freed from the pulp of the fruit.

     Feel free to say what you call apple.
     Sweetness that first focuses,
     then, while we experience it, gently erected

     is clear, light, transparency.
     Its meaning is twofold: earth and sun.
     Experience touch: O great joy!

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