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HORIZON; TO TRISTAN TZARA by PHILIPPE SOUPAULT

Poem Explanation

First Line: THE WHOLE TOWN HAS COME INTO MY ROOM
Last Line: I'M GOING BACK TO PARIS
Subject(s): DADAISM;
The whole town has come into my room
the trees have disappeared
and evening clings to my fingers
The houses are turning into ocean liners
the sound of the sea has just reached me up here
In two days we'll arrive in the Congo
I've passed the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn
I know there are innumerable hills
Notre-Dame hides the Gaurisankar and the northern lights
night falls drop by drop
I await the hours
Give me that lemonade and the last cigarette
I'm going back to Paris


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