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| Francis Ponge [pic courtesy of Eleanor] |
from Francis Ponge’s Mute Objects of Expression, tr. Lee Fahnestock:
Complementary
Vanities
(poetry)
Top-of-their-lungs
in abundance tender-feathered
Mimosa chicks
On
the côte d’azure are
cheeping gold.
Variation
Florabundant,
top-of-their-lungs, tender-feathered
Between
two indefinite blocks of azure
A
hundred vainglorious chicks are cheeping gold.
Another
O
glorious naifs that once we were
Hatched
beneath omega azure
Top-of-our-lungs
and feather-bruised
Golden
chicks of the mimosa.
Another
Inasmuch
as a faithful witness of azure
Nostrils
wide breathe their oracles
Florabundant
top-of-their-lungs tender-feathered
Chicks
of the mimosa cheep of gold.
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