Jean Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963 / Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines)

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Awakening

Grave mouths of lions
Sinuous smiling of young crocodiles
Along the river's water conveying millions
Isles of spice
How lovely he is, the son
Of the widowed queen
And the sailor
The handsome sailor abandons a siren,
Her widow's lament at the south of the islet
It's Diana of the barracks yard
Too short a dream
Dawn and lanterns barely extinguished
We are awakening
A tattered fanfare

Jean Cocteau
Submitted: Monday, April 19, 2010


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