Simply
Benjamin Péret
For Marcel Duhamel
His ass on his shoulder
head hanging eyes in the air
he tours the world
and smokes his pipe backwards
O days with no half-moon
or shoe-polish or cheese or cardboard boxes
what are you doing to the lower animals

Eggs with silk crests
sow the lakes with blue ink
guide his memory

His soul weak his flesh strong his ass light
he flies with the butterflies
tail in the air
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