very interesting. I don't have cause to say that often
KS
On 27/10/2007, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sonnet: Amnesiac
>
> Back in the late '40s, or maybe it was the early '50s,
> I found myself in Paris, seeking a valid expiration
> date, or maybe to sell cars to Francis Picabia. I tried
>
> to remember that you didn't know much about him
> and his paintings, or about me for that matter, but all
> we could agree to call to mind were those damned
>
> Horse Spirits by Baiocco. In those days, I was still
> a teenager, as, you know, I am today, my palm
> still warm from the grasp of Eisenhower's hand
>
> during a Yonkers stop on his presidential run. His
> ungloved hand slipped into mine like the promise
> of some kind of future, Paris not far from our minds.
>
> Butane lighters had not come along then, and three
> on a match was quite enough to get someone killed.
>
>
>
>
> Hal
>
> Halvard Johnson
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