nature's analogies
are magnificent
hieroglyphs of truth
bees
are a model of unified action
and symbol of the good
wasps
are a model of duplicity
with a useless nest
vegetables
this tableau is as faithful
as the vegetables
which display the disorders
of free love
cardoon
an honourable woman
artichoke
a fallen libertine
Charles Fourier, tr. & ed. Jonathan
Beecher and Richard Bienvenu
The Utopian
Vision of Charles Fourier
