les grandes terrasses magnifiques de la rive gauche

how flat and majestic they squat on the boulevard!

les grandes terrasses magnifiques de la rive gauche



gap-toothed and prim like some grand old dame

fresh from her botox injection

waiting impatiently for the dentist



the antique maison charmante and fey


behind the dowdy yet magnificent edifice

the soul of a stingy powdered old lady

ashy, sour, and trite



"bring me my latte

and make that a grande

and PLEASE -- make that with skim!"

I wake up too early

I wake up too early

octagonal creatures bleeding again

down in the black lagoon

bad dreams and an earache

on a sour stomach

aspirin don't make it

I blew up this bridge

this bomb in my hand

somebody else hold my anger --

I will not return this way again

took it back once too often

let somebody else turn the other cheek

this week

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all over Harlem

I walked all over Harlem

and one of these days

I'll walk all over you