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Don Pedro from his shirt has washed the fleas
His nasal ecstasy beats best Cologne
The showman gargles fire and sword with ease
That suede ferments is not at all well known
The roundabout eats profits made on swings
Filching the lolly country thrift helped save
Such merchandise a melancholy brings
For burning bushes never fish forgave
Staunch pilgrims longest journeys can't depress
A bird-brain banquet melts bold Mistress Mog
On wheels the tourist follows hos hostess
Southern baroque's seductive dialogue
The Taj Mahal has trinkets spice and gum
A wise loaf always knows its humblest crumb


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.