Rolf Dieter Brinkmann - Hoelderlin-Autumn lyrics

At the construction sites the work goes on night and day. Even the gardens are not spared. They're combed with rusty rakes looking for the last carrots and potatoes. (The kale is allowed to stay until the first frost.) Further out they're slaughtering pigs. Freshly washed and scrubbed the opened bodies hang white on the ladders.