"eleven/13/nineteen/18" [1998.1113.1015]

and so, procession met parade
    and i dreamt of you.

in the homecoming of the broken men
    i cared for you.

falling between the widows and tickertape
        the orphans and generals
        the whores and gravediggers
        the ancients and moderns
    i wept for you.

and in the armistice and the agony
    i lost you.

and who is the honoured guest
    of this truimph?

    not me.
    not you.

                -for Cendrars.