This poem is taken from PN Review 52, Volume 13 Number 2, November - December 1986.
Sprachlos
In memoriam Rolf Bossert
Rolf, we have not met
though we embraced on parting
you were not there and
though we shared bread and wine
I was not there
though we shared a table with friends and
you would say nothing
though we shook hands on meeting
...
Rolf, we have not met
though we embraced on parting
you were not there and
though we shared bread and wine
I was not there
though we shared a table with friends and
you would say nothing
though we shook hands on meeting
...
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