I Dreamed in the Cities at Night By Remco Campert, Donald Gardner

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I Dreamed in the Cities at Night : Arc Publications : 9781904614364 : 1904614361 : 22 Feb 2007 : Translated By Donald Gardner Faded Days It was late in the evening rain caught in lamplight beat down on the cobbles of the Old Mechlin Road you were wearing an off-white dress I'd have guessed you were fifteen you were walking down the street as I was crossing cars passed by braked rode on you asked me the way to the Muse Café the bar where that singer was on singer you said of your song voice that had found you you were on your way there 'Just follow the tram lines' I let you go Antwerp girl you're still on my mind what have I done with my life Iconoclastic, experimental, bohemian and anti-establishment, Remco Campert - who came to prominence in the 1950s - has survived to become something of a national institution in the Netherlands: as a chronicler of alternative Amsterdam life in stories and novels; as a columnist in a national newspaper; as a script-writer and film-maker; and abov

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