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I cross the city nose forward and I cut it in 2
I was on the banks of the Rhine when you left for Mexico
Your voice reaches me despite the enormous distance
Shady-looking people on the dock at Vera Cruz
Juan Aldama – Correos – Mexico – 4 centavos – U.S. Postage 2 cents 2
REPUBLICA MEXICANA TARJETA POSTAL
11 45 29-5 14 Rue des Batignolles
Travelers from Spain having to make the journey to Coatzacoalcos to
embark I send you this card today instead of taking advantage of the mail
from Vera Cruz which is not reliable. All is calm here and we are in
waiting for events.
T S F
On the left bank in front of the Jena bridge
Stop coachman
Long live the King
Evviva il Papa
shut up my old pad
no if you have a mustache
Tunisia you found a newspaper
Jacques it was delicious
Down with the clerical party
Keys I’ve seen a thousand and a thousand
Hey the yokel
Long live the Republic
To hell with Mr. Zun
HELLO TO NOMO TO NORA
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW THE
MAYAS WELL
Do you remember the earthquake between 1885 and 1890
we slept more than a month under the tent
HELLO MY BROTHER ALBERT IN MEXICO
Young girls at Chapultepec
300 meters high
Sirens or or or or or or Hou Hou Hou
Buses ro ro ro ro ting ting ro o change of section ting ting
Gramophones z z z z ou ou ou o o o o o o
o o o o o of your flowered gardens close the doors
The poet’s new shoes
cré cré cré cré cré cré cré
St-Isidore street in Havana that doesn’t exist +
Chirimoya
With cream at
Pendeco is + than an imbecile
he called the Indian Hijo de la Cingada
owner of 5 or 6
I got up at 2 a.m. and I already drank a sheep
The cablegram contained 2 words IN SAFETY
Come on move along Mes
ture travelers to chatou
All saint Luca is now in Poitiers
and how I burned the road with my gal
Guillaume Apollinaire
Translation generated by Poésies 123 with assistance from the deepseek-chat artificial-intelligence model.
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