I already have a thick file
full of possibilities and side issues
interrogation after interrogation
sentence by sentence
in the clerk's calligraphy:
completely my own story
Because, if there is any indictment
then I have pronounced it myself
Plenty of time to think about it
in my cell, with sometimes a trip
to the torture chamber, to watch
others being helped
to remember all their lives
and to conjure up guilt
out of trivial events
I do what I can, I immediately gave
away my best possessions
to the guards - Yes, of course
if you wish, we accept it
then you don't have to
blame yourself -
I praise their expertise, request them
to report my cooperation
and I really don't feel too important
to ask the fleas
in their winter coat
to intercede
Poem 2053 Amsterdam, 2019-01-25 The trial (Franz Kafka) Spain (Zaragoza in 1711, Inquisition) Book "Der Process" (1925, Franz Kafka), § 7 and 9 Collection:Short Sermons Keyword:Judgement Tribute to:Kafka, Franz