in france

the hard
line of
modernism
gives way
to the soft

tents of
reality

from his book
Cities of the Sky


mentalité
(mentality)

it's a french
form of stress
in which nothing's
left to chance
everything's figured
to the second

but
fate
intervenes

from Cities of the Sky


yannis
(of the taverna)

in greece
he's just
a human
dealing with
others on
that level

in the states
he'd be a 260
pound tackle
who'd never
learn to deal
with people, or
to be emphatic
with his hands
without someone
feeling threatened


notes: 12:01 a.m.
1/28/88


machiat(t)o

a single
machiat(t)o
please

not a double
tonight, sir

no, just something
to drive this body
to bed instead
of into the streets

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nouvelle cuisine


if you
can afford

the food

you can't
afford

the pots
'n
pans

to cook
it in

notes: saturday
1.18.97


nouvelle cuisine
(the new cuisine)

if you
can afford

the pots
'n
pans

to cook
it in

you can't
afford

the food

notes: saturday 1/18/97


breakfast

the waitress
whose eyes
showed neither

innocence
nor
mercy

pinned me
to my table
with a smile


the states

it's an
amazing
place, where
no one enjoys

life

but everyone
wants
to live

forever

notes: thursday, 4:45 p.m. 6.4.98


they say
the air
is free
but
they've
already
bottled
the water


coyote

to be
a poet
you must
be a trickster

a coyote

in the best
indian sense

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