Paul VERLAINE (1844-1896). Autograph poem, [Hombres, VII, ca. 1891]; 1 page and a quarter in-8 on Assistance publique administrative paper (repaired cracks in spine to gummed paper, torn edge with loss of a few verse ends). Draft of an erotic poem, part VII of the posthumous erotic collection Hombres (printed under cover [1903]). It consists of ten quatrains, numbered (with changes) except for the last two written on the verso. First draft written in all directions by Verlaine on his hospital bed, with numerous erasures and corrections. "Climb on me like a woman I'd fuck as a kid There. C'est cela. T'es à ta main [And I scratched] While my vit enters you [as unique scratched], blade"...