Fairy Tale
Once upon many a time
A man loved a woman
A woman loved a man
A man and a woman
Didn’t love
The ones who loved them
Once upon many a time.
Once and maybe only once
A man and a woman
Loved each other.
-– Robert Desnos (1900-1945)
(trans. from the French by David Lehman)
from the archive; first posted February 13, 2009
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Author: The Best American Poetry
