Die Interimsliebenden

In the blink of an eye
there's a big bang and heat death
from the red giant to the white dwarf
the whole spectrum
cosmic dimensions
spill from my mouth
in the description of a kiss
of the interim lovers

the interim lovers
in the interim

Between microphone and macrocosm
between chaos and aimlessness
between plankton and philosophy
between Semtex and utopia

they exist
those interim lovers

in their shared mouth
a hummingbird lives
with every flap of its wings
the eye is way too lazy
cultures bloom and fade
whole continents sink
here there are no harmless words
all way too big
and the simplest example explodes
in 10 to the power of 14 for the interim lovers

the interim lovers
in the interim

between toothache and clove oil
between Genesis and six six six
between C and vitamin C
between ultramarine and maritime

interim lovers are intimate

the interim lovers
in the
INTERIM

In the blink of an eye
they’ve staged a coup
overthrown the government
dissolved parliament
held elections
annulled the results
repeated the elections
ultimately exiled
erased from history
I trudge through the muck of significant
metaphors
Meta, Meta. Meta for meter
with gestures way too broad
for the interim lovers

the interim lovers
are lovers in the interim

between temporary and temporality
between rope and saber dance
in between and on the ocean floor
between Semtex and utopia
they hold each other tight

devouring out of thirst
the last bit of light
they don’t exist yesterday
and not yet tomorrow
those lovers
those interim lovers
they don’t exist yesterday
and not yet tomorrow
not really
those interim lovers
they don’t exist yesterday
and not yet tomorrow