[Collected September 29, 1934]

he unsung me from sound scattered bright my red eye eyes unhooked now from the circle of cedar pine cedar silver the beetles went went silent then stonebite one bite burst the rhythm of the sky of a field of of air electric my azure wing grew wet though the pools were far i fell low lo losgelassen tief in deep in into some other night red night when his blue eyes his him himmelblauen augen lit his face the air ran an slick with blue-born breath he broke me down into a limbless nacht roter nacht a crest a crown a wing crushed no lichen-light no ze zeder branching no silbertanne verzweigt only red night now losgelassen my claw unclasped the nee need needle green i sing into blue-green nothing blue-nichts and above the cedar-air pooling zederhoch rising heat pull me back my azure back to the trees to the sounds of sil silbertanne und zeder silver beetle-bright ring meine roten augen deep in the rednight sky