Dead Orchard
Raymond Radiguet
Like seven birds sleeping on the plateau
Overlooking the shipwreck of love, mystery
Of the drunken visitors wandering off
With your wife, men who talk with a bad accent,
The condemned the abandoned, one day of silence,
Two days of silence, dreams shattered and protected,
The more the blossoms the more you suffer.
Copyright Credit: Estate of Frank Stanford © C.D. Wright
Source: Automatic Co-Pilot (Unpublished Collection)