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Barely Disfigured
after Éluard
Goodbye sadness
Good morning sadness
You are written in the lines in the ceiling
You are inscribed in the eyes that I love
You are not entirely wretchedness
Since even the very poorest lips denounce you
With a smile
Bonjour tristesse
Love of bodies so loved
Force of love
Whose lovability looms up
Like a monster without a body
A disappointed head
Sadness a beautiful face
(Previously appeared in: Gulf Coast)