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Gespräch mit meinen Pantoffeln

Die verlassenen Schuhe
zurückgelassen
am Rande
eines Kraters
eines Flusses
eines Betts
diese Schuhe
aus denen die Füße
fortgingen
an einem Rande
barfuß
in das schuh- und kleiderlose Land

Meine Pantoffeln
die mich ansehen
sie sitzen vor meinem Bett
und sehen mich an
Seite an Seite
wie sie mich ansehen
die zärtlichen Tiere
Ich kniee nieder
und streichle
meinen verängstigten
Pantoffeln
das Fell.

~ Hilde Domin: Ausgewählte Gedichte


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There's an English translation of the poem here, and here's the English Wiki article on Hilde Domin.

Conversation with my slippers

The abandoned shoes
left behind
on the edge
of a crater
of a river
of a bed
these shoes
from which the feet
went away
on an edge
barefoot
in the shoeless and clothesless land

My slippers
which look at me
they sit by my bed
and look at me
side by side
see how they look at me
these tender beasts
I kneel down
and stroke
my frightened
slippers’
fur

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