Jacques Brel, Philosophe

Childhood is a geographical notion.
We are born in a place called childhood. It is geographical.
Childhood is a sky close to the ground.
It is grey, it is damp.
There are adults I don’t understand.
It could’ve happened in Limousin,
in Brittany or Paris.
It took place in Belgium.
It is a geographical notion
rather than a historical one.

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