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Anja Utler

marsyas, encircled 1 / shaded – clasping

marsyas, it is: strung up on the tree trunk
soon: skinned, the branch clawed – pelt –
is: stretched, so shadows flee from the
axilla, being split by the blade
– breath banished – seeing: it opens up the dark
thoughts: streaming air and beaming light






so: groping, the fingers, they want to: scratch at the bark it: gnashes
     the nails
it: breaks as though: loosened by light – [llh] – cracked, to the cambium,
     the blankness below
– [ssp] – wood sprouting springing up still deepening – in silence –
     the darkening heart

marsyas, umkreist 1 / beschattet – umklammern

marsyas, umkreist 1 / beschattet – umklammern

marsyas, das ist: an den stamm gehangen
bald: ausgelöst sein, an den ast gekrallt – balg –
ist: gespannt, dass die schatten den achseln
entfliehn, von der klinge gespalten zu werden
– der atem gebannt – sehn: sie öffnet das dunkel
gedachte: den strömen aus luft und aus licht






so: tasten, die finger, sie wollen: durchschlingen die borke sie:
     knirscht an den nägeln
sie: bricht wie zum: licht hin gelockert – [kch] – rissig, der rinde zu,
     drunter das blinde
– [ssh] – sprießende holz quillt vertieft noch – im stillen –
     den dunkelnden kern

Close

marsyas, encircled 1 / shaded – clasping

marsyas, it is: strung up on the tree trunk
soon: skinned, the branch clawed – pelt –
is: stretched, so shadows flee from the
axilla, being split by the blade
– breath banished – seeing: it opens up the dark
thoughts: streaming air and beaming light






so: groping, the fingers, they want to: scratch at the bark it: gnashes
     the nails
it: breaks as though: loosened by light – [llh] – cracked, to the cambium,
     the blankness below
– [ssp] – wood sprouting springing up still deepening – in silence –
     the darkening heart

marsyas, encircled 1 / shaded – clasping

marsyas, it is: strung up on the tree trunk
soon: skinned, the branch clawed – pelt –
is: stretched, so shadows flee from the
axilla, being split by the blade
– breath banished – seeing: it opens up the dark
thoughts: streaming air and beaming light






so: groping, the fingers, they want to: scratch at the bark it: gnashes
     the nails
it: breaks as though: loosened by light – [llh] – cracked, to the cambium,
     the blankness below
– [ssp] – wood sprouting springing up still deepening – in silence –
     the darkening heart

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