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Sleeping on the Ceiling

It is so peaceful on the ceiling!

It is the Place de la Concorde.

The little crystal chandelieris off, the fountain is in the dark.

Not a soul is in the park.

Below, where the wallpaper is peeling,the Jardin des Plantes has locked its gates.

Those photographs are animals.

The mighty flowers and foliage rustle;under the leaves the insects tunnel.

We must go under the wallpaperto meet the insect-gladiator,to battle with a net and trident,and leave the fountain and the

But oh, that we could sleep up there…

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Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library o…

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