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Katalin Molnár

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hereMePersonInNewYorkWhereHeatFillStreet
    andGoWithElevatorInEnormousHouseOnRoof
    andFromThere
    seeCity
    andSeeALotDarkColour
    andGoInMuseum
    andGoInSubway
    andThere
    seePeopleGoOut
    soGoAlsoOut
    andGoInBus
    andAlsoInBoat
    toVisitFamousStatue
    (bigWomanWithCrown) –
        walkALot
        andSeeALotDirt
        andThatBoltFallFromDoor
        andThatWaterNoCanStopRunInToilet
        andSeeIronPieceCoverHoleOnRoad
        andThatLampThatDirectTrafficGiveToYouOrder:
        thatYouGoOrThatYouNoGo
        (asIfAbleToToYouSpeak)
        eatDoughnut
        andEggInAnyStyle
        (waiterAlwaysBringFirstWater) –
            goInLittleTheater
            andThere
            seeProstitute
            whoInvitePublicToLookInHerHole
            (suchThingOnlyInNewYorkExist) –
                duringNightAlwaysHearNoise
                andImagineThenThatDragonShoutFarAway
                (thatHeAskVirginGirl)
                fallRain
                buyDressAndHat
                andGo

© Translation: 2003, Stacy Doris

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Katalin Molnár

Katalin Molnár

(Hungary, 1951)

In 1999 Katalin Molnár published her novel Lamour Dieu under the name of Kité Moi, introducing herself as follows: ‘Kité Moi was born in the year zero at Annapest (capital city of Molnaria); she lives and works in the Paradisian region (Trance) since 28 and in Paradise proper (capital of Trance) since 45’. The novel is made up entirely of alienating transpositions of ‘true facts’, in particular...

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WRONGPOEMINNEWYORK

hereMePersonInNewYorkWhereHeatFillStreet
    andGoWithElevatorInEnormousHouseOnRoof
    andFromThere
    seeCity
    andSeeALotDarkColour
    andGoInMuseum
    andGoInSubway
    andThere
    seePeopleGoOut
    soGoAlsoOut
    andGoInBus
    andAlsoInBoat
    toVisitFamousStatue
    (bigWomanWithCrown) –
        walkALot
        andSeeALotDirt
        andThatBoltFallFromDoor
        andThatWaterNoCanStopRunInToilet
        andSeeIronPieceCoverHoleOnRoad
        andThatLampThatDirectTrafficGiveToYouOrder:
        thatYouGoOrThatYouNoGo
        (asIfAbleToToYouSpeak)
        eatDoughnut
        andEggInAnyStyle
        (waiterAlwaysBringFirstWater) –
            goInLittleTheater
            andThere
            seeProstitute
            whoInvitePublicToLookInHerHole
            (suchThingOnlyInNewYorkExist) –
                duringNightAlwaysHearNoise
                andImagineThenThatDragonShoutFarAway
                (thatHeAskVirginGirl)
                fallRain
                buyDressAndHat
                andGo

© 2003, Stacy Doris

WRONGPOEMINNEWYORK

hereMePersonInNewYorkWhereHeatFillStreet
    andGoWithElevatorInEnormousHouseOnRoof
    andFromThere
    seeCity
    andSeeALotDarkColour
    andGoInMuseum
    andGoInSubway
    andThere
    seePeopleGoOut
    soGoAlsoOut
    andGoInBus
    andAlsoInBoat
    toVisitFamousStatue
    (bigWomanWithCrown) –
        walkALot
        andSeeALotDirt
        andThatBoltFallFromDoor
        andThatWaterNoCanStopRunInToilet
        andSeeIronPieceCoverHoleOnRoad
        andThatLampThatDirectTrafficGiveToYouOrder:
        thatYouGoOrThatYouNoGo
        (asIfAbleToToYouSpeak)
        eatDoughnut
        andEggInAnyStyle
        (waiterAlwaysBringFirstWater) –
            goInLittleTheater
            andThere
            seeProstitute
            whoInvitePublicToLookInHerHole
            (suchThingOnlyInNewYorkExist) –
                duringNightAlwaysHearNoise
                andImagineThenThatDragonShoutFarAway
                (thatHeAskVirginGirl)
                fallRain
                buyDressAndHat
                andGo

© 2003, Stacy Doris

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