Erich
Fried
Misunderstanding
Between
Two Surrealists
for Katja Hajek
"It's raining"
she said
"guys
in black trenchcoats
are passing
by"
she said
But Magritte
didn't
get her
that exactly
anymore
(for she
said it years
after
his death)
So he didn't
hear
her last
three words
and merely
understood
"It's
raining guys in black trenchcoats"
That's
what he painted
(transl. by Andreas Weiland)
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