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SCOTT HORTON?Gottfried Benn?s ?Little Aster? |
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Contributed by Scott Horton
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A drowned driver of a beer truck was dumped onto the table
Someone had stuck a dark-pale lilac-colored aster
Between his teeth
I cut out the tongue and gums
With a long knife
Working from the chest outwards
Under the skin,
I must have touched it, because it slid
Into the brain right next to it. . . . Read more at: |