From Pamplona, I'm the loon scared of the laughter of the cunning Moon, under the crepe of world-pain that won't pass... For – o terror! – all is under a jar of glass. (Tristan Corbière)

From Pamplona, I'm the loon scared of the laughter of the cunning Moon, under the crepe of world-pain that won't pass... For – o terror! – all is under a jar of glass.

Tristan Corbière

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