Bio
Daniel Schulz is a U.S.-German writer and researcher known for his short story collection Schrei (Formidabel 2016), his work as curator of the Kathy Acker Reading Room at the University of Cologne, and as editor of the book Kathy Acker in Seattle (Misfit Lit 2020), a book on the exhibition by the same name that he curated for the Goethe Institute 2019. His work has appeared in journals such as EbR, Mirage 5, Gender Forum, Fragmented Voices, Versification, Café Irreal, L'absurde, Cacti Fur, Mono X, and The Wild Word, as well as in the anthologies Tin Soldier (Sarturia 2020), Corona-Schnee (Salon29 2021), Jahrbuch Lyrik (AG Literatur 2021), and Heart/h (Fragmented Voices 2021). IG: @DanielSchulzPoet
Daniel Schulz
Between You and Me
See that man, there, on the street,
that old man, that clown, that jester?
Look at him holding his hands together,
waiting for his time to come.
Look at that man, there, on the street.
I know all the beggars of this city
and this man — this man could be me.
A fool with a chip on his shoulder,
an axe to grind with society.
I used to be a dreamer,
staring at the starry sky.
But now I just stare blank into the masses
before my naked eye,
at people pushing shopping carts like daisies,
at the world passing by.