Venice masks

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Soft Caramel - Jean Cocteau

Take a young girl.
Fill her with ice and gin
shake it all up to make it androgynous
And return her to her family
Hello, hello, operator don't cut me off
Ah! how sad it is to be the king of animals,
Nobody says a word
Oh! Love is the worst of evils
Take a young girl,
Fill her with ice and gin
Put a slight drop of angostura on her mouth
I knew a man very unhappy in love
Who played Chopin's nocturnes on the drum
Hello, hello, operator don't cut me off
I was talking to... I was talking to the... hello, hello?
Nobody says a word.
—don't you find that art is a bit...
We tell children wash your hands
We don't tell 'em wash your teeth...
Soft caramel—

Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963) France

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