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The Lunatics The Inmates by Thomas Bernhard
The hunchback with the water pail,
the one with her braids all wild,
the nuntails¹ white, the birds
black in the green scene,
the one with the index finger
on his bloody forehead,
the one with the yellow rope
who climbs the cherry tree,
the one in her black frock,
with the yellow pants,
the one with the girl’s face,
the one with the red rose,
the one with her hazelnut stick,
the one who is weeping,
the one bleating like a goat,
with the bowed legs,
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¹butterflies