CLAUDIO WILLER

from POEMS TO BE READ ALOUD

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ah, you’ve seen nothing yet
this party to which you invite me
can only take place in the clearing of a burning forest
or deep underground, as the building comes crumbling down
‘cos true love, the one added to pleasure, is something else
- overdose, infernal ecstasy,
which will fatally destroy us

* translated by Henrik Aeshna