Friday, August 9, 2013

Rimbaud

RIMAUD IN PARIS 




“I suppose in a fortnight or so, 
we shall be told he's been seen 
in Paris. It's an odd thing, but 
everyone who disappears is said
to be seen in Paris. It must be a 
delightful city and possess all the 
attractions of the next world.”
—Lord Henry Wotton, PORTRAIT OF
DORIAN GRAY
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Like Miss Rimbaud I did the—
Paris Routine which caught
Miss Verlaine’s attention

I sought out the Parisian—
Poetic intelligentsia but
Got more than disappointed
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Posing as Verlaine’s lover—
Didn’t do me much good
With the Parisian bourgeoisie

Being a young Ardennes—
Hood I like tres naturally
Offended about everybody 



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