Elementary Movements of Undressing

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An elementary morality:

“Elementary Movements of Undressing”

by Jacques Jouet

Translation: Derik A Badman

last fabric	light weave full sack	studied surface
assiduous hands	buttocks hugged hands in place	waist traced
pale face	unsaddled front lively descent	sibylline zone
	barely slowed at the knees it falls to the floor a foot outside the other fishes for it
tender trace	trace drunk bare-assed	curt turn

(Jacques Jouet “Mouvements Élémentaires de déshabillage”. Oulipo. Abrégé de Littérature Potentielle. Mille et une nuits, 2002. 41-2.)

étoffe dernière	trame légères sac plein	surface étudiée
mains appliquées	fesses épousées mains à la place	ceinture traçante
face pâle	face débâtée descente vive	zone sibylline
	à peine freiné aux genoux il tombe au sol un pied dehors l’autre le pêche
trace fondante	trace avalée cul nu	volte sèche

Tags: Constraint, poetry

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