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The Horse Dies the Birds Fly Away


Lajos Kassák photo

“the roads lay under us in white quilts
the telegraph-wires jerked tight and wrote
mantras on the sky”

"A ló meghal a madarak kirepülnek" ("The Horse Dies the Birds Fly Away"), 1922, translated by Edwin Morgan

Lajos Kassák photo

“at night we glimpsed the flowers blooming between women's legs
but we were vegetarians and misogynists”

"A ló meghal a madarak kirepülnek" ("The Horse Dies the Birds Fly Away"), 1922, translated by Edwin Morgan.

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