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this is Oscar Wilde’s tomb in Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris. There is a plaque out front that warns people not to deface the tomb, but lovers of Wilde persist. The smudges are lipstick prints. (And yes, I laid a smacker on him too, right after taking my nerdy tourist picture…)

The tomb reads:

“and alien tears will fill for him
pity’s long broken urn
for his mourners will be outcast men
and outcasts always mourn…”

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