"I hate pigeons. 

I like the place where I live, but there are a lot of pigeons.

Today, I stopped on a square that is right next to my flat. There is a bus stop just next to it.

Today, instead of crossing it as usual, I stepped back and had a look at it.

I observed a bunch of roses floating in the arty fountain…

Surrounded by trash.

I remembered the tent that was planted over there in the grass…

Then removed a few days afterwards.

This square is called Place de la République

And somebody wrote « Macron in jail »

Writing these lines, I feel like we reject so many things

Sometimes without acknowledging them

Like this place, there are so many contradictions in me

That I’m starting to embrace

And I still hate pigeons…"

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Maude Zimmerli is a France based artist and dance teacher. With her work, she tries to suggest new ways of perceiving the environment that surrounds us.

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