Christoph Meckel: Fragment

– blackbird call in twilight
suddenly, glorious, the shock
of pleasure, and
you can't get anywhere without it –

Another blackbird poem. Tr. Christopher Middleton. Meckel (b. 1935 in Germany, maybe not a difficult time for a child but a difficult time for its parents) has been a hugely prolific poet and graphic artist. The blackbird does its standard duty for the earthbound.