negative and positive
negative, you’re always negative
angry grunts from every which way
but dip me in the lord’s developer
and my true form will become apparent
nida. sun
the afternoon sun
against my face
the north wind
against my back
the sun
checks my moles
the wind
checks my spine
nida. can(nots)
i cannot buy the house of thomas mann
in nida
i can afford a moment of
loneliness on a terrace with a view of the lagoon
i can walk the parnidis dune unphotographed
by sutkus1Antanas Sutkus is a prominent Lithuanian photographer; the reference is to his iconic image of Jean-Paul Sartre walking in Nida, with his partner Simone de Beauvoir cropped from the frame. with my partner uncropped, in the frame
i cannot walk by the sea
from nida to königsberg
i can open the old maps of east prussia
and ride a postal carriage from paris to petersburg
via the curonian spit
i cannot dig my way through to the old dune-buried nida
my kids can bury me on the nida nudist beach
temporarily
for the summer
until further notice
until resurrection
until i can walk on water
until the ascent into heaven
that blends
with the horizon
that blends
with my internal
hell
the good news
there is also a bit of good news
only the one today
your nails are growing back nicely
the doctor is pleased
soon you will be able to
nail it in life, again
continue the intake
as prescribed
of the medicine,
not of life
send me a picture
in two months
of your nails
not a selfie
the memory of water
70 percent of the human body consists of water
does the water
remember the ice
is the water recalled
by the fog
what do we recall
the two of us, who used to exchange bodily fluids
your ice
my mist
our waters
evaporate
all for naught
