The giant

Christian Morgenstern poem translated and recreated by Ruth Salles

In the bush there is a giant
that has a payphone,
and what do you find whispering
the rumble of thunder.
Seeing the bumblebee,
his hand he extended.
There was such a ruckus,
that the bush shook.

He lay down to sleep.
With the rain falling,
the payphone was filled,
and a lake appeared.

sheep and shepherd
go there to drink. How horrible!
So he turned around,
and it's all over.

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