This summary provides an overview of 3 poems exchanged between Gottfried Benn and Else Lasker-Schüler about love and memory in Berlin in the early 1900s. Else Lasker-Schüler's first poem expresses her clinging love for Benn and the pain of their separation. Benn's response does not offer consolation, describing his solitary path. Lasker-Schüler's second poem depicts her continued longing through painting his face on her room walls and feeling the weight of stars.