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

Philippe SOUPAULT (1897.1990)

Proof corrected and signed.

A large quarto page.

Without place or date.

The poet gives, after some corrections, the proof 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's the point of these goodbyes, these tears, this suffering?

which has neither end nor meaning

and these cries that we utter

So unnecessarily

what is the point of this suffering?

without end or meaning

and this deliverance

who has no name

and which we cannot even escape

no more than in eternity

or the truth…