Jonathan Lethem, Björn Kuhligk
De Amerikaanse schrijver Jonathan Allen Lethem werd geboren op 19 februari 1964 in Brooklyn, New York. Zie ook alle tags voor Jonathan Lethem op dit blog.
Uit: A Different Kind of Tension
“Look,” says the mother of The Man Who Is Walking Around the Moons of Jupiter, “he’s going so fast.”
She snickers to herself and scuttles around the journalist to a table littered with wiring tools and fragmented mechanisms.
She loops a long, tangled cord over her son’s intravenous tube and plugs one end into his headset, jostling him momentarily as she works it into the socket.
His stride on the treadmill never falters.
She runs the cord back to a modified four-track recorder sitting in the dust of the garage floor, then picks up the recorder’s microphone and switches it on.
“Good morning, Mission Commander,” she says.
“Yes,” grunts The Man Who, his slack jaw moving beneath the massive headset.
It startles the journalist to hear the voice of The Man Who boom out into the tiny garage. “Interview time, Eddie.”
“Who?”
“Mr. Kaffey. Systems Magazine , remember?”
“Okay,” says Eddie, The Man Who.
His weakened, pallid body trudges forward.
He is clothed only in jockey undershorts and orthopedic sandals, and the journalist can see his heart beat beneath the skin of his chest.
The Mother Of smiles artificially and hands the journalist the microphone.
“I’ll leave you boys alone: she says.
“If you need anything, just yodel.”
She steps past the journalist, over the cord, and out into the sunlight, pulling the door shut behind her. The journalist turns to the man on the treadmill.
“Uh, Eddie?”
“Yeah.”
“Uh, I’m Ron Kaffey. Is this okay? Can you talk?”
“Mr. Kaffey, I’ve got nothing but time.”
The Man Who smacks his lips and tightens his grip on the railing before him.
The tread rolls away steadily beneath his feet, taking him nowhere.
The journalist covers the mike with the palm of his hand and clears his throat, then begins again.”
Jonathan Lethem (New York, 19 februari 1964)
De Duitse dichter en schrijver Björn Kuhligk werd geboren op 19 februari 1975 in Berlijn. Zie ook alle tags voor Björn Kuhligk op dit blog.
DE PRACHTIGE 38e SEPTEMBER
In deze hoogspanningsnacht, in deze
van begin tot eind
doordachte, grotedroomfabriek
bespioneert de maan, het zandkoekje,
de door slierten wolken doorsneden hemel
en de handen, waar dienen deze handen voor?
vandaag werden 1000 Senegalezen
als boodschapperstoffen van Europa teruggestuurd
het weerbericht, volgens AOL, wordt geladen
en jij, jij hoort het samengroeien
van de fontanellen van alle baby’s
van deze stad, jij pathos-ezel
Vertaald door Frans Roumen
Björn Kuhligk (Berlijn, 19 februari 1975)
Zie voor nog meer schrijvers van de 19e februari ook mijn blog van 19 februari 2019 en eveneens mijn blog van 19 februari 2017 deel 1 en ook deel 2.
