Go, JJ, go! That is Adelaide to a 'tee'. Glad you placed some of your books.
Destribution is the difficult part of publishing, isn't it. Send us
character sketches of the diverse people you meet (I wish we could get them
to send us their impressions of you, 'too flash for Adeliade' !!).
Andrew
2009/7/8 Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
> A real snap, for once
>
> Cafe Bouvard deconstructs
> its caesar salad and lets me eat
> in front of the computer as I never
> do at home. Dymocks
> takes five of my books but Borders
> tells me to call head office. Mary Martins
> takes two. After the reading
> I go out with Peach and Avalanche and MCM and Alice
> and Gail and Kael and Raphael. They talk about
> their projects and Avalanche
> whose real name is Ivan
> talks about Czechoslovakia in the 60s, the Russian
> invasion when he was 10. MCM apologises
> for blocking the alfresco heater and someone else says
> I have a choice of his balls or his arse in my face. I say
> I don't mind, both sides of him look good to me, and he says
> thank you darling
> or something like that. Last time I was here
> I found different things, and slept in a hostel. This time
> I sleep at Teri's. She's a transgender lesbian ex-punk with Sex
> Pistols all over the walls and ceilings. She likes my song
> about Ian Curtis, and my suicide poem. There's a zippered kunt
> collage on the wall of my room and all the books
> I want to read but haven't got around to
> are shelved next to the sofa. The Guinness
> in PJ O'Briens is still good and they still play U2
> and The Cranberries and I still don't think
> their cabinets marked 'Poetry and Plays' and 'Literature'
> have been opened. Ever. The sun
> shines into the grid of wide streets and the five green
> squares, and I can't get lost, not even at midnight. Whoever planned
> this city centre was a genius. Amelia says
> she's writing a poem about him. I put on
> the long black coat and Teri in her purple hat says
> you're too flash for Adelaide.
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Andrew
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