| In the city of Paris in early July
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| I ran into him when I was playing hide and seek.
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| He tore his poems, drank cheap whiskey
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| And cried.
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| Death awaited him
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| And he knew about it.
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| His face is pitted with trenches of doubt
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| Calmed down, covered with a layer of chalk.
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| I asked pointedly:
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| - Where are you going?
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| He whispered:
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| - To the sky, - and smiled.
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| Honestly!
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| In stuffy July, I remembered how he was dying.
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| From dreams to inspiration a whole eternity,
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| I could disappear three times while measuring it.
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| Bestial instinct helped out on a blind road.
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| I met Mohicans for whom honor is a taboo
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| And sleek favorites that rage with fat.
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| The first was an attentive student,
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| The second one was bitten into the throat by a wild dog.
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| Tormented by rumors of crucified love,
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| Wounded by the hooks of tongued prophets
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| I slowly stepped on the smoking earth
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| And he was thirsty.
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| Maybe I'm just lucky
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| Ravens for evil.
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| I was not allowed to perish in the abyss of days,
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| Helped heal wounds.
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| Along narrow and crazy paths,
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| Along the icy cliffs.
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| They took me to the living springs
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| Past vigilant guards.
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| I fell to the water with a parched mouth
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| And he drank greedily, swallowing his reflection.
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| Yes, you can see he went through life-giving moisture,
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| I started to get chills.
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| Hot July boiled in my memory.
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| Paris did not choke on its victim.
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| I decided to move to keep warm,
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| I started moving to warm up.
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| Honestly!
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| I don't want to die waiting for the sun.
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| In the city of Paris in early July
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| I ran into him when I was playing hide and seek.
|
| He tore his poems and drank cheap whiskey
|
| And cried.
|
| Death awaited him
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| And he knew about it.
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| His face is pitted with trenches of doubt
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| Calmed down, covered with a layer of chalk.
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| I asked him pointedly:
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| — Where, Jim, are you going?
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| He whispered:
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| - On sky… |