poem from hector zazou's sahara blue album
by patti smith
graphics file
of this poem and its accompanying picture
à dix heures le 10 Novembre 1891
le poète Jean Arthur Rimbaud
rencontra la FIN de son
adventure Terrestre
A.R.
devotions. to Arthur Rimbaud. he was young. he was so damn young. he was so
god damned. Drunk with the Blood of Baby dolls. Mad laughter. power.
running neck and neck with his vision was his demon. Sooner Stick his dick
up the baby dolls ass. Shove pins in the heads of innocents. Bad seed with
a golden spleen. Ha Ha. he has the last laugh. Blonde Hairs raveling in
your vital breath. White hydrogen. Rimbaud. Savior of the forgotten
scientists: the alchemists. alchemy. of The. The Word. The power of The
Word. Love Rays. bullets on the alter. obscene ceremonies. leave no proof
clues. gold. behind. Rimbaud blessé Rimbaud wounded Rimbaud: angel with
sleeves of blue hair. [NO] light without shadow. Rimbaud was a rolling
stone are all prophets persecuted? He was so damn young.
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