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At snuff no Cornish sailorman would sneeze
His exaltation shocked both youth and crone
He bent right down and well what did he seize
Normal one aims to be and share the throne
It's one of many horrid happenings
Whose ocean still-born herrings madly brave
He's gone to London how the echo rings
Thou homestead hillside woodland rock and cave
The wolf devours both sheep and shepherdess
Or grinning like a pale-faced golliwog
The colonel's still escutcheoned in undress
Bard I adore your endless monologue
Do bank clerks rule their abacus by thumb
And lessors' dates have all too short a sum


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.