Voltaire (1694 – 1778)

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Photograph I : A Crystal Ball has been chosen by my hands

Voltaire (1694 – 1778)

Candide, ou l’Optimisme (1759)

The day before yesterday,

I felt very privileged.

In my hands, the book

by François-Marie Arouet

rested in my hands.

I read the words,

meaning and pronunciation

by French, not in French.

The book ends in a garden.

In 1759 there were, namely, no gardens;

a sharp light had to cultivate, it.

I can surely agree, that the biography

did not measure, mine.

I must say, I see another light.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

February 26, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : My Crystal Ball at Home gives me sight over the world

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