Philippe SOUPAULT gives the final proof of his poem “Milky Ways”.

"How many of us there are on this earth, and how alone we are when it comes to understanding each other..."

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Philippe SOUPAULT (1897.1990)

Corrected and signed proof.

One large quarto page.

Without place or date.

After a few corrections, the poet gives the go-ahead for printing of his poem Milky Ways .

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MILKY WAYS

 

How many of us there are on this earth

and that we are alone when it comes to understanding each other

alone like the stars

who know they are already dead

for light-years and they will no longer shine

until the end of time

who will no longer be ours

What good are these goodbyes, these tears, this suffering?

which has neither end nor meaning

and these cries that we utter

So unnecessarily

What good is this suffering?

endless and meaningless

and this deliverance

who has no name

and which we cannot even escape

no more than to eternity

or in truth…

 

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