If it ever does get done. I saved the opening chapter to a PDF to send to Emily, to help with future promotion...and I noticed I hadn't attributed the poem that Adam uses near the end of it, to its author. Nor did I have the title. So I went looking for it.
I was pretty sure it was written by Ranier Maria Rilke, but apparently not. It's thought of as being similar in style but not actually his. And now I'm worried I can't use it. His work is mostly in public domain, including translations from the French and German, because he wrote mainly around the beginning of the 20th Century.
But if this is a reimagining of his work in French, or an homage, that could still be under copyright and I'd need permission to use it. When I now have no idea who actually wrote it. Does anyone else?
Aucun angeIt's just, I really like the poem and feel it fits Adam's story, perfectly. I could offer a poor English translation, if you think that would help figure out the author...

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