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Modernity

he was born
on the fifteenth day
of the eighth month

 

because of this

he preferred
the beginning of things

 

preferred crowds to princes

crossed Europe twice
sang the hymn of our times

 

in the winter
when they took him out
the citizens milled

 

some ran about in circles

cried out in their despair

all the world is lost

 

others were less frenetic

swore their solemn oath

to undue what he had done

 

others silently noted

the storm which had gathered

on the horizon




Adam Gerard