Patti Smith : Rimbaud & Verlaine in Stuttgart
Channel: phasebook
Date: 24/09/2016

Stuttgart - 'the garden of the female horse'...
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Maybe it was 1874 ...
when Arthur Rimbaud arrived on foot in Stuttgart. 
It was the garden of the female horse 
and Arthur, of course, saw horses everywhere in Stuttgart.
He looked for work, learned perfect German, 
carried the “illuminations” in his back pocket in Stuttgart.

Paul Verlaine, the beautiful, melancholic,
flawed, weak, compassionate poet 
arrived with Christ in his back pocket in Stuttgart.

Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine …
and the poets danced like two wild horses -
one white foal, one black mare, head to head in Stuttgart.
Arthur Rimbaud opening the 98 wounds of Jesus Christ 
through the heart of Verlaine, and so much pain …
Paul Verlaine left Stuttgart with illuminations in his back pocket.

Arthur Rimbaud had the blood of Christ 
dripping from his back pocket. 
He walked over to the public fountain, 
the one from the 18th century with a golden horse.
And he drank the water in Stuttgart.

text & music: © Patti Smith