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Three Poems in the Form of a Magritte
1) Wait There Don’t Move
music comes from back somewhere there
I
am in the middle of it street
noise construction noise
torrential rain then children’s voices all together
my HEARTBEAT loudest
BODY FLASHES in raw sirens
frontal lateral with hesitations
I am spectator discovering
mysterious impulse
those incomprehensible sounds
2) Night
almost as fast as the eye
can navigate stillness
engulfs
the canal beyond
reach of street
light
run jumping and wait with your body
o - O - Oh - o
you are as no other morning
comes when night
can last 3 times as long as
you can wait
O - oh O - O
h
3) le Parfum de L’abîme (1928)
Domaine d’Arnheim (1938)
La Chambre d’écoute (1958) to name just a
- Titles here
are important and were often collective
Name me:
You are allowed to use only the dictionaries
you already have on your shelf
but you can take as long as you like.
Le parfum de l’abîme me plaît
beaucoup vraiment.
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What objects must comprise
- the birth of an idol
- someone dying of laughter
- my room
or
- my PRIVATE
collection?
- is quite secretive
- is very inventive
- is in Switzerland
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If you could free fall
into silent brilliance
would you prefer a murky
softness?
Contemplate: the beginning and
end of this desire
in Switzerland where eggs
are laid gently
at the
edge
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Three Poems in the Form of a Magritte