Swiss, (1926-2010)
Affluence
- noise in the air? ulysses
- doesn’t hear the sirens: he’s in the sty
- with circe. they yawn.
- their bodies just make ‘em puke.
- what’s left? words. they babble
- of troy that was, and of ithaca
- to come. and all the swine
- come in on the tune with their grunts.
Translated by Jeremy Adler
© Franz Wurm. First published in Ian Robinson’s literary magazine Oasis. No. 10, p. 69 (1974).
© Franz Wurm. First published in Ian Robinson’s literary magazine Oasis. No. 10, p. 69 (1974).
About the Poet
Franz Wurm (1926-2010) was a Swiss poet, writer and translator of French, Czech and English. [DES-11/10]