Monday, March 9, 2009

Jacques Prevert sizzles!!!!- The Dunce [ Le Cancre]

He says no with his head

But he says yes with his heart

He says yes to what he loves

He says no to the schoolmaster

He’s on his feet

He’s being questioned

And all the problems are set

Suddenly he is gripped by wild laughter

And he erases it all

Figures and words

Dates and names

Sentences and snares

And despite the master’s threats

To the jeers of the infant prodigies

With chalks of every color

On the blackboard of woe

He draws the face of happiness.

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