Ich hab mich aus dem Fenster springen sehen.
Schlafen ist es nicht.
Ein Fall? Vielleicht.
Mir sind die Flügel entglitten, entrissen worden.
Was verlange ich denn von dir?
Gib mir sie zurück.
Vielleicht hielt mich der Wind kurz fest.
Vielleicht bin ich kurz geflogen.
Hab den Gedanken aus dem Fenster geschmissen,
Der mir die Luft in den Lungen verbrennt.
Wie kann man so gelähmt sein?
Jedoch schaue ich in meine eigene Reflexion
Und halt mich so sehr fest, dass niemand dazwischen passt.
Kann nicht fliegen, kann nicht fallen.
Soll ich hoch springen?
Das Herz klopft zu tapfer, zu stark, zu grell.
Es will hoch hinaus, die Steine abprasseln lassen.
Die Elendsstimmen. Der Chor der Armseligkeit.
Den muss ich hinter mir lassen.
Ich hör die Vereinigung der Elternstimmen.
Bin ich ein Kind geblieben?
Dass ich so zitter vor dem geschlossenen Fenster
Und nach Hilfe schreie
Weil mir die Welt zu schwer wird, zu unantastbar?
Ich spür mich selbst aus der Ferne zu mir stoßen,
Und mir selbst die Hand geben, die Steine nehmen,
Und die doch aus dem Fenster schmeißen.
“Die Leiden der schwachen Menschheit” by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
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My name is Laura Gentile. I’m of German-Italian descent and I speak five languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Luxembourgish and I’m currently learning Romanian.
I hold a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Dissertation: The Decadent in Love with his Psychopomp: Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita') and a Master of Letters by Research in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Thesis: Romanticising Decadence and Aestheticising Death: Women as Projection Bodies and Mimetic Identities in Zola’s 'Thérèse Raquin', Schnitzler’s 'Dream Story', Süskind’s 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' and Eugenides’ 'The Virgin Suicides').
My poetry and short stories have been published in two anthologies entitled 'Shaking Thoughts' and 'Until Forever Becomes The End', both edited by Joan Barbara Simon PhD PhD, leading to a prose and poetry recital called 'Silence Breakers' at the Libreria Altrimenti in Luxembourg.
My article on 'Biblical Imagery and Apocalyptic Visions in Films' written for the university course 'Film And Popular Culture' was published in a Luxembourgish film magazine named 'Graffiti'.
My work was chosen as obligatory reading for the academic course 'Creative Writing' at the University of Luxembourg and was the focus of the students’ exam portfolio. I was invited by the University of Luxembourg to do a workshop on my short story 'Prophets of the Streetlight' for the 'Creative Writing' course, including a reading and a Q&A.
In 2013, I published my own collection of short stories and poetry entitled 'Seraphic Addiction', which led to an invitation by Ara City Radio to do an interview and a reading on air.
Consequently I was encouraged to create my own radio show called 'Chasse-Sirène' surrounding literature, films, music and art.
Furthermore, I am the official German translator of Joan Barbara Simon’s 'Verses Nature' trilogy.
My debut novel, 'Within Paravent Walls', will be published by WiDo Publishing / E. L. Marker.
I am the creator of "Croque-Melpomene: Femalecentric Poetry" and I have a YouTube channel carrying the same name.
I am a weekly blogger for RTL Today, a major European media platform.
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