"Lawrence for Francesco: a dream", painting by Gianpiero Actis, Italy
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AN IMAGIST POEM FOR FRANCESCO
The unfortunate sensation
of being hit by a train
The sound of summer in the rain
A black cat called Nicolino
A house in a wood made of wood
A bird about to catch a fly
A fly about to die
A Magritte cloud
in a cloudless sky
A stream between two houses
A fish about to die of drink
A ship about to sink
A man without a nation
A train about to hit Francesco Conz
in a railway station
And the dark dawn
of American corporate fascism
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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