Mutation

A woman who was weeping

Ha! Ho! Hee!

Some soldiers who were passing

Ha! Ho! Hee!

A lock tender who was fishing

Ha! Ho! Hee!

The trenches that were bleaching

Ha! Ho! Hee!

Some shells that were exploding

Ha! Ho! Hee!

Some matches that wouldn’t strike

And everything

Has changed so much

In me

Everything

But my Love

Ha! Ho! Hee!

Guillaume Apollinaire