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The Mysterious Stranger
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The Dunce (Jacques Prevert): He says no with his head | but he says yes with his heart | he says yes to what he loves | he says no to the teacher | he stands | he is questioned | and all the problems are posed | sudden mad laughter seizes him | and he erases all | the words and figures | names and dates | sentences and snares | and despite the teacher's threats | to the jeers of infant prodigies | with chalk of every colour | on the blackboard of misfortune | he draws the face of happiness
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