The Sleeping Gypsy, 1897

Henri Rousseau, Le Douanier (France 1844-1910)

Oil on canvas

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

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MIRRORS
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Asleep on his side
the boy dreams a gypsy
asleep on his side
who dreams lions,
a guitar, a waterjar
in the desert, and
a stringed moon
awaiting a song
from the long dream of
the boy who sleeps
dreaming a gypsy
who dreams lions,
a jar, and a moon.

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Lola Haskins
Planting the Children
University Presses of Florida, Orlando, Fl, 1980
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