My bawdy spirit is innate –
A legacy from my Dada –
His crude jest bestowed on me
The sparkle of obscenity
My noble mother’s legacy
Melancholy – passion – ardour –
Curbed by gentlewoman’s reins
Exiled from castle – spoilt gentility
I am – gleaming fruit at the tree top
Fulfilment – brilliant design
Of a thousand-year-old marriage manure
Genius – idiocy – filth – purity
Whether you love it or turn up your nose
Whether it pleases you or not
It grows – develops – pops off the tree
Circling ball – nude in stockings
What is necessity – Lala! The world –
What Brooklyn Bridge –
Glass-blackened waves and foam
(Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven)
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