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The wild horse champs the Parthenon's top frieze
His nasal ecstasy beats best Cologne
Old corned-beef's rusty armour spreads disease
And empty cages show life's bird has flown
Old Galileo's Pisan offerings
With sombre thoughts they grimly line the nave
The learning linguist cameramaniac sings
That every verbal shock aims to deprave
Poetic licence needs no strain or stress
And starve the sniveling baby like a dog
On wheels the tourist follows hos hostess
Lobsters for sale must be our apologue
Though bretzels take the dols from board-room drum
Soliloquies predict great things old chum


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.