Found poem # 1 (from Erik Satie)

Don’t light it yet; there’s time

The sun is in the clouds

With a contagious irony

Flat out, isn’t it?

The clouds are amazed

Poor creatures!

You can light it, if you wish

From the end of the eyes and held back beforehand

It will seem like falling off a scaffolding.

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