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28.2
Dieter M. Gräf
Violet Headssuch a beauty!,
but she throws
eyelashes at
one's feet.
So become
a monk.
Meditate until
sleep comes:
world gone, beauty
gone. Afterwards
tear out every
eyelash,
along with that
member, the lid,
and throw it
aside with care,
so that a tea plant
can grow from it,
such a
beautiful tea plant .
That is in fact its
origin, it is said,
which means as much as:
there's surely nothing
better than drinking tea.
But that's actually how
beer came to us,
quite a bit of beer.
Those gently rolling
barrels. Those
gently rolling eyes.
translated by Andrew Shields
