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A coat, my hat, my shoes, my feet and my eyes. That's all I need. I shall walk, I shall see wandering through these streets. Look there! What is that? It's a man with a tall hat— it's a chef cooking pig gut— it's a tree being chopped down— that's what that is. Now, look there! Those are tourists— taxi drivers— ice cream sellers— or walkers like me. All of that I shall see with my coat, hat, and shoes— with my eyes and my feet.
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Mar 10
Mar 10, 2026 at 1:45 PM UTC
Flaneur
A coat, my hat, my shoes, my feet and my eyes. That's all I need. I shall walk, I shall see wandering through these streets. Look there! What is that? It's a man with a tall hat— it's a chef cooking pig gut— it's a tree being chopped down— that's what that is. Now, look there! Those are tourists— taxi drivers— ice cream sellers— or walkers like me. All of that I shall see with my coat, hat, and shoes— with my eyes and my feet.
"Flâneur" is a French word that describes someone who wanders through a city observing life ------------ Copyright: Shattentraumer, 2026. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Original: https://hellopoetry.com/poems/5268900/flaneur
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Mar 10
Mar 10, 2026 at 1:45 PM UTC
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