wanted to be a musician
but he was all alone in the valley
with three accordions
The first accordion ended up rotten
In the simplicity of its soul
it had wanted to be a horse
but there was a lamp that was burning
that was burning
The second accordion was trembling
like a house when its sister passes by
That's because it was a big town
that deceived its citizens
with its mayor
asinine as a crowbar
The third accordion
would have devoured the earth and birds
if he'd been envious
But he was a sage
in the manner of the anemones
and was content to envy the unmoving animals
But will you tell me about
the fellow who wanted to be a musician
He'd had the time to die
and the leisure to smoke
and that was the smoke that rose from the earth toward the clouds
WATER-SPOUT TO STARBOARD