Let's hear some more good railway poems.
And please
>Learned to say "I need to have sex with you right now" in French.
can the French phrase be supplied?
Other languages also, Finnish, American...
On 29/3/08 1:02 AM, "Nathan Hondros" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I love that city. Espcially the chocolat chaud. I have one about a different
> station:
> Uneasy at Gare du Nord
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> each hour is a fragment of the next; you wait,
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> loosening your accord with the world;
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> its nothing more than the uneasiness of
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> contradiction (for no moment really relates to another)
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> because the woman you watch scrubbing
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> the wall reveals herself with the coarse brush
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> and now you recall her luminous detail (at this
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> later unrelated moment) as you sense the familiar chair,
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> the white rail of the empty page, the cold,
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> and the nearness of freshly brewed coffee.
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> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Sonnet: On the Way to Gare St. Lazare
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>> Missed my train and had to wait five minutes for the next one.
>> Enjoyed a brioche with marmalade at the Irish pub.
>> Planned a Japanese meal with Mike and the rest of the guys (and gals).
>> Fell asleep briefly in a bar so dark one could easily fall asleep in it.
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>> Learned to say "I need to have sex with you right now" in French.
>> Got up late again this morning. Haven't been sleeping well.
>> Met Georgina and that Corsican guy at the Louvre.
>> Stayed inside because of the rain. All-day rain. Again.
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>> Went to check emails. Nothing from home.
>> Wandered over to the art school to meet my friends.
>> Had another chocolat chaud. That must be thirty or so now.
>> Started to catch up on my reading. Again. New book this time.
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>> Got some food at a lovely restaurant with purple and red chairs.
>> Sat inside, hopping outside to take photos.
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>> Hal
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>> Halvard Johnson
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