From Poems with No First Names

the elephant is in love with the millimeter

the snail dreams of a lunar defeat
its shoes are pale and purged
like the gelatin rifle of a neo-soldier

the eagle has gestures of alleged void
its udder swollen with lightning

the lion wears a mustache in pure flamboyant gothic
its hide is calm
it laughs like an inkspot

the crayfish has the bestial voice of a raspberry
the good breeding of an apple
the compassion of a plum
the lechery of a pumpkin

the cow is taking the parchment road
which vanishes in a volume of flesh
each hair of this volume has an enormous volume

the serpent jerks itchingly and itchingly
around washbasins of love
filled with arrow-pierced hearts

the stuffed butterfly becomes a stuffed stutterfly
the stuffed stutterfly becomes a big stuttering stutterfly

the nightingale waters stomachs hearts brains guts
that is to say lilies roses marigolds lilacs

the flea carries its right foot behind its left ear
it left hand in its right hand
and jumps on its left foot over its right ear

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