A Winter Dream

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In winter we’ll travel in a little pink carriage
  With cushions of blue.
We’ll be fine. A nest of mad kisses waits
  In each corner too.

You’ll shut your eyes, not to see, through the glass,
  Grimacing shadows of evening,
Those snarling monsters, a crowd going past
  Of black wolves and black demons.

Then you’ll feel your cheek tickled quite hard…
A little kiss, like a maddened spider,
  Will run over your neck…

And you’ll say: “Catch it!” bowing your head,
– And we’ll take our time finding that creature
– Who travels so far…

© Arthur Rimbaud