Glasbrechen
Kinderschreien
Mutterlicher Herzschmerz
Haben wir Hören gelernt
Seit 70 Jahre?
The sound of glass
breaking.
The sound of children
weeping.
The sound of mothers’ heartbreak.
Have we learned,
in 70 years,
to listen?
from the November Set
It echoes down the years and I fear can hear a far off resonance around – powerful juxtaposition with human sounds that accompany breaking glass