In der Rubrik Wortrausch bieten wir Autor*innen eine Plattform für kreatives Schreiben. Lara Ziegler beschreibt in ihrem Gedicht den Drang, sich anzupassen, um anderen zu gefallen. Adaptation Girl spiegelt ihr Gegenüber, um gemocht und akzeptiert zu werden – auch um den Preis der eigenen Persönlichkeit. 

Adaptation Girl

Is multi-lingual.

Watch her change her tongue for you,

Her words all in a whirl.

Watch her eat your dictionary,

Let her chew every page on your shelf,

And see her spitting out,

A spitting image of yourself.

Adaptation Girl

Is multi-faced.

Watch her peel the artwork from her frame,

To be a canvas for you, blank and undone.

Watch her steal the cells of your skin one by one,

And glue them together just the same.

Let her be the screen for your projection,

Step back and see your own reflection.

Adaptation Girl

Is multi-use.

Watch her be exactly what you need,

Customer satisfaction guaranteed.

Watch her roll up or unravel,

Fit in the tiniest of your spaces.

Foldable, compact and easy for travel,

A metamorphosis without traces.

Big sister, weightlifter,

Tongue twister, blood blister,       

The girl is a shapeshifter.