QUARTIER LIBRE
            (from the French of)
            Jacques Pre'vert
                p.1946; transl. Ferlinghetti
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I put my cap in the cage
and went out with the bird on my head
So
one no longer salutes
asked the commanding officer
No
one no longer salutes
replied the bird
Ah good
excuse me I thought one saluted
said the commanding officer
You are fully excused everybody makes mistakes
said the bird.


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