Peter Philpott: Fragments Of Vulgar Things
6.
upsurge so formal could
oh no, we’ll never know
crawling over the barrier to understanding
thinking it is the end of the world
when it all begins just here
never mind the showy throbs
I, Laura, know these too well
eleven children, Frank!
I didn’t have time for humanism
perpetually washing their clothes
you & Messer Dante — oh
dear, oh dear, oh dear
look, read your translators better
to love the world & your selves without shame
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