The Vice of Surrealism
Philippe Soupault:
"Les Chansons des buts et des rois"
(Songs of the Aims and the Kings)
If the world were a cake
if the sea were black ink
and if trees were all street lamps
what would be left for us to drink?
Mr. Mirror the old-clothes man
dies yesterday night in Paris
it is night
it is dark
it's a dark night in Paris
I buy a gun
so much the better
I kill a bystander
so much the better
I sell my gun
Thank you
Philippe Soupault in his bed
born Monday
baptized Tuesday
married Wednesday
sick Thursday
dying Friday
dead Saturday
buried Sunday
that's the life of Philippe Soupault
Philippe Soupault, Litterature, no. 19, May 1921
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