Philippe SOUPAULT gives the go-ahead for printing his poem “Voies lactées”.
"How many of us there are on this earth, and how alone we are when it comes to understanding each other..."
300€
"How many of us there are on this earth, and how alone we are when it comes to understanding each other..."
300€
Philippe SOUPAULT (1897.1990)
Corrected and signed proof.
One large quarto page.
No 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…