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At five precisely out went La Marquise
His nasal ecstasy beats best Cologne
Forms shadowy with indecision wheeze
And loudly sang off-key without a tone
O Parthenon you hold the charger's strings
Nought can the mouse's timid nibbling stave
They both are right not unformed smatterings
Victorious worms grind all into the grave
When dried the terrapin can naught express
And starve the sniveling baby like a dog
And played their mountain croquet jungle chess
But I can understand you Brogher Gog
On fish-slab whale nor seal has never swum
In cognac brandy is Bacardi rum?


Raymond Queneau

Translation to English by Stanley Chapman
found in "Oulipo Compendium"
Atlas 1998, ISBN 0-947757-96-1

Idea and implementation by Magnus Bodin 1997
Produced in the wonderful country of Sweden.