“A drunkard is a dead man,
And all dead men are drunk.”

(W.B. Yeats in A drunken man’s praise of sobriety)
Eindhoven (NL)

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“Dans le bain, sur les dalles,
À mon pied négligent
J’aime à voir des sandales
De cuir jaune et d’argent.
En quittant ma baignoire,
Il me plaît qu’une noire
Fasse mordre à l’ivoire
Mes cheveux, manteau brun,
Et, versant l’eau de rose
Sur mon sein qu’elle arrose,
Comme l’aube et la rose,
Mêle perle et parfum.”

(P.J.Th. Gautier in Ghazel)
Dison (B)

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“What did you learn in school today?
I learned that I’m no good.
Who told you that?
The teacher.
Don’t believe it!
Don’t believe it.
If I can’t believe the teacher,
why do I have to go to school?
Because if you don’t, I will be punished.”

(F. Rzewski in the song No Good)
Seraing (B)

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“May nothing evil cross this door,
And may ill fortune never pry
About these windows; may the roar
And rain go by.”

(L. Untermeyer in Prayer for this house)
Liège (B)

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