CROW | KRÄHE
paintings by Johannes HEISIG
inspired by Ted HUGHES
the SEZ inaugural evening on 27 August 2011
Crow's Fall
When Crow was white he decided the sun was too white.
He decided it glared much too whitely.
He decided to attack it and defeat it.
He got his strength flush and in full glitter.
He clawed and fluffed his rage up.
He aimed his beak direct at the sun's centre.
He laughed himself to the centre of himself
And attacked.
At his battle cry trees grew suddenly old,
Shadows flattened.
But the sun brightened-
It brightened, and Crow returned charred black.
He opened his mouth but what came out was charred black.
"Up there," he managed,
"Where white is black and black is white, I won."
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sung by my MacBook Pro on
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt, Op. 46
In the Hall of the Mountain King | In der Halle des Bergkönigs
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