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11In the winter gardens of bizarre floristsIn winter gardens, weird florists
22Malign plants spread stealthily,Secretly sow plants full of hate,
33Plants whose teeming stems soon become entwined,Whose stems soon swarm like the coils of snakes
44Like drowsy snakes on the muddy edges of ponds.Drowsing at the muddy edges of ponds.
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66Their fearsome flowers, unusual and magnificent,Their fearsome blooms, magnificent and rare,
77From which stream heavily-scented, intoxicating fragrances,Exuding heavy, heady scents,
88Proudly offer up their bowls of venomous blossom.Proudly open up their poisonous vessels.
99Death blooms in their savage splendour.Death itself blossoms in their wild magnificence.
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1111Their sumptuous aromas ruin one’s healthTheir sumptuous fragrances destroy one’s health
1212And it is through having indulged too much in their beautyAnd it is on account of having loved beauty too much
1313That pallid queens are to be seen languishing in their palaces.That pale queens are to be seen languishing in their palaces.
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1515And as for me, I am just like you, perverse gardeners!And as for me, I am like you, perverse gardeners!
1616In the precocious minds where I have cast my seeds,In the precocious minds where I have tossed my seeds,
1717I watch the poison of my poetry flourish.I watch the poison of my verses flower.

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