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Gottfried Benn

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Zeh was a pharmacist, …

Gottfried Benn

A shadow on the wall …

Gottfried Benn

Asters—sweltering days …

Gottfried Benn

The mouth of the girl who had lain long in the rushes …

Gottfried Benn

That narrow cot, hardly any bigger than a child’s, is where Droste died …

Gottfried Benn

Renege on the rock! Smash …

Gottfried Benn

One says: please no inner life, …

Gottfried Benn

I …

Gottfried Benn

Brown. Brandy-brown. Leaf-brown. Russet. …

Gottfried Benn

Finis Poloniae— …

Gottfried Benn

A day without tears is a rare occurrence …

Gottfried Benn

Feel it—but remember, millennia have felt it— …

Gottfried Benn

A bunch of glads, …

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That quality of the great boxers …

Gottfried Benn

“Jena before us in the lovely valley” …

Gottfried Benn

Fill yourself up with the forsythias …

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I …

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A drowned drayman was hoisted on to the slab. …

Gottfried Benn

I have met people who, …

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I …

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Deafness to imperatives …

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You carve and sculpt, the deft chisel …

Gottfried Benn

They are human after all, you think, …

Gottfried Benn

When despair— …

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Know this: …

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Not reading English, …

Gottfried Benn

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