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Gaijinmama
Sep 12, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: poetry
I do not read French, or have an academic background in poetry, but I enjoyed the opportunity to finally read Baudelaire. Now I understand why so many of my favorite writers and musicians and every Goth in vintage velvet and heavy black eyeliner names him as an influence.
Perfect for a gloomy afternoon. Lots of sex and rotting corpses and bodily fluids and cheap wine. Think I'll go shut the curtains and put on some Bauhaus or Sisters of Mercy. And I'm pretty sure the import liquor shop down the r
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