This is a rare poem from the pen of Durand, more familiar as a novelist and short-story writer. Despite the atypical genre, Durand's characteristic macabre tone and theme are certainly recognisable.
ANDRE PRUDHOMME DURAND
A scion of a long-established literary and political family, the notoriously publicity-shy Durand has a keen eye for the quirky and a taste for the subtly macabre. His stories are populated with complex characters, and are equally sympathetic and critical of the modern male.