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Poem

Joseph Julien Guglielmi

pleasure was

pleasure was
close to
the forbidden

the dead
man’s
jaw

locked
after-
wards

the son
prone
artificial

light

he who thinks
henceforth
without breathing

pleasure was

le plaisir
confinait à
l’interdit

la mâchoire
du
mort

bloquée
après
coup

le fils
étendu
lumière

artificielle

celui qui pense
désormais
sans respirer
Close

pleasure was

pleasure was
close to
the forbidden

the dead
man’s
jaw

locked
after-
wards

the son
prone
artificial

light

he who thinks
henceforth
without breathing

pleasure was

pleasure was
close to
the forbidden

the dead
man’s
jaw

locked
after-
wards

the son
prone
artificial

light

he who thinks
henceforth
without breathing
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