This town has stars
a Walk of Fame paved
by underlords and commissions
with a professional pomp

as shepherds of international honour
Who falls prey to them
definitely will no longer be oneself
he is extinguished and replaced

by the icon with his name
Gautama the awakened
Jesus the highest love
Socrates has self-knowledge

Leonardo and Albert are brilliant
and Judas stands for betrayal –
we passers-by echo it
and let the stars shine

to receive as much light
from them as possible, why
actually? Why do we betray
ourselves by not venturing

to love, knowing
enlightened and freed who we are?