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BEN SAINT-MAXENT


I AM THE ONE WHO 

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE

I AM THE ONE WHO SPENDS A LOT OF TIME STIRRING UP THE PAST

TO TELL STORIES OF MARKING FIGURES 

AND NOSTALGIA FOR AN EXISTENCE THAT IS CLOSE TO NATURE

I AM THE ONE WHO SPENDS A LOT OF TIME THINKING 

IN REVOLVING MOODS

AND IN ATTEMPTS OF COLLECTIVE EFFUSIONS

I TRAVELED FAR AWAY AND RIGHT NEXT DOOR

TO FEED THESE THOUGHTS  

AND WRITE TEXTS IN WHICH 

OBSERVATIONS OF ENVIRONMENT 

AND INTROSPECTION MEDIATIONS 

COMBINE

I DID IT QUITE EVERYWHERE 

A LOT IN LATIN AMERICA 

A LITTLE IN ROMANIA AND ITALY 

AND AGAIN A LOT IN CHINA

MORE AND MORE IN MARSEILLE

AND NOT AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE IN MOROCCO

TODAY I AM THE ONE WHO 

HAS STOPPED SEARCHING 

WHERE IT WASN’T 

AND WHO WRITES AGAIN ABOUT THE TOWN

AND FORREST PARTIES 

I THINK GOODBYE TO THE POETRY

AND I RE-WRITE THOSE STORIES

THAT WILL BECOME THE SCRPIT 

OF A SUBJECTIVE SHARED SPACE

WHERE CORRESPONDENCES ARE SET UP

BETWEEN A MULTITUDE OF EXISTENCES 

Ben Saint-Maxent, NO MORE PARTIES IN LA, 2022
Ben Saint-Maxent, NO MORE PARTIES IN LA, 2022
Ben Saint-Maxent, LA VIE ORANGE, 2021
Ben Saint-Maxent, LA VIE ORANGE, 2021