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2002-11-25.12:51 a.m.


On White Paper
G�nter Grass


To push furniture into
a vacated room, yelled hoarse,
and not shift another small chair.
Tie hens to a windy triangle
and scatter feed for them:
This little grain of geometry
that restores eggs to health.

On white wide-awake paper
to go astray
or find the little spot
where the angler sits on a Sunday
with his inevitable bait:
grace, money, luck with women,
an appointment punctual
on white paper. 



back /& forth /& frosting
names are often sad