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presuming to approach the mystery of providence's inscrutable intentions
Created on 2004-10-25 21:04:54 (#4947020), last updated 2009-10-17
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BioIts Only Cherry Brandy, Angel Mine
“Ma voix aigre et fausse…”
Paul Verlaine
I'll tell you bluntly
One last time:
It's only maddening cherry brandy,
Angel mine.
Where the Greeks saw just their raped
Beauty's fame,
Through black holes at me there gaped
Nought but shame.
But the Greeks hauled Helen home
In their ships.
Here a smudge of salty foam
Flecks my lips.
What rubs my lips and leaves no trace?
---Vacancy.
What thrusts a V-sign in my face?
---Vagrancy.
Quickly, wholly, or slowly as a snail,
All the same,
Mary angel, drink your cocktail,
Down your wine.
I'll tell you bluntly
One last time:
It's only maddening cherry brandy,
Angel mine. Osip Mandelstam—1931
“Ma voix aigre et fausse…”
Paul Verlaine
I'll tell you bluntly
One last time:
It's only maddening cherry brandy,
Angel mine.
Where the Greeks saw just their raped
Beauty's fame,
Through black holes at me there gaped
Nought but shame.
But the Greeks hauled Helen home
In their ships.
Here a smudge of salty foam
Flecks my lips.
What rubs my lips and leaves no trace?
---Vacancy.
What thrusts a V-sign in my face?
---Vagrancy.
Quickly, wholly, or slowly as a snail,
All the same,
Mary angel, drink your cocktail,
Down your wine.
I'll tell you bluntly
One last time:
It's only maddening cherry brandy,
Angel mine. Osip Mandelstam—1931
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