Carmine Denis
watchman watchman during dawn
what have you seen that’ll make us frown?
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rocks
my sister
rocks started floating
and a stray star went dull
and the milk plate went sour
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watchman watchman during the day
what have you heard that’ll make us stay?
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streetcars dance in noon’s shadow
and said shadow rejoices
but make no mistake
grab its hand and get poisoned
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watchman watchman during the night
have you smelled the latest blight?
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I smelled it first, o my sister
its heart of white, its bones of rot
it ate us whole like grains of salt
o my sister
your shawl is loose on the great walls
what did you taste
when death went live
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watchman watchman dusk has risen on the horizon
leave the tower and carve some rest
out of the night that crawls quickly
feel its hot rain on your fresh corpse.
– Haven’t you heard?
O my sister, ‘twas me traitor
who let it enter.
Carmine Denis écrit de la poésie en français, anglais, et franglais. Vous pouvez retrouver son travail sur son Patreon : https://patreon.com/carminedenis.
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