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...And we left the lightfor the night of the street

in The Cubist Poets in Paris: An Anthology
light night street

Who is that blond child laughing as he runs after his colored marbles? [my marbles]It's meAnd who is the poet writing this poem?That blond child who laughed as he ran after his colored marbles

in The Cubist Poets in Paris: An Anthology
childhood poet child innocence innocence-lost marbles

Oh you dear companionsElectric bells of the stations song of the reapersButcher's sleigh regiment of unnumbered streetsCavalry of bridges nights livid with alcoholThe cities I've seen lived like mad women(The Voyager)

in The Cubist Poets in Paris: An Anthology
drunk cities city alcohol drunkeness

The City is free of sinThe snow has given it absolution A man who slips A horse that fallsOh no, the city is in a nightgown

in The Cubist Poets in Paris: An Anthology
snow city

Do you remember the long orphanage of the train stationsWe crossed cities that turn-tabled all dayAnd vomited at night the sunshine of the day ("The Voyager")

in The Cubist Poets in Paris: An Anthology
cities city trains train electric-light train-station