Sur la côte du Texas
Entre Mobile et Galveston il y a
Un grand jardin tout plein de roses
Il contient aussi une villa
Qui est une grande rose

Une femme se promène souvent
Dans le jardin toute seule
Et quand je passe sur la route bordée de tilleuls
Nous nous regardons

Comme cette femme est mennonite
Ses rosiers et ses vêtements n'ont pas de boutons
Il en manque deux à mon veston
La dame et moi suivons presque le même rite.

I stood across the room from you today.
Grey sweater, hugging.
Aquamarine, clinging.
Jeans, scarred from mainstream mechanics.
I remember these things. From before, I mean. Was it not long ago that I touched these things tenderly? Did I not lift your shirt to kiss your belly? Didn’t I pull this same sweater from you to caress your arms?
You accused me once of not remembering the time, special in it’s time. You’re a man! It was not that long ago? You must remember!
At the time, yes, I forgot. The memories were a brief passing in my mind. Oh yes, I remember, I said; I was barely recalling. At the time, I recounted what I knew.

Now, I would love to have these times back. Should I ever find myself in this situation again, should you be there or not, I will use the very depths of my being to feel you. I shall remember what it’s like to next to you. I shall command my thoughts to focus. To not forget your hand on my neck, your head on my shoulder.

A smile! Was that glance mine? Your head down; I see you laughing.
Perhaps she is remembering a funny moment with her sister? Maybe her father has reminded her of something he said? Perhaps.
Perhaps she is remembering when we kissed. Perhaps she has seen my contemplation, she is embarrassed.  Has she recalled the time we laughed? The time we held each other; talking, without looking. Perhaps.

The last time I spent with you, all was as I wished it would be. Your mother made us supper; both were very pleasant.

The sausage we ate- it was dry. This is a real mennonite meal, said Scott. Maybe I should have agreed. I did not know what the mennonites ate.  

Zoolander, said her sister. I shall go to the movie store, boyfriend in tow. I went to go with them, but you suggested I didn’t.

The player hummed with anticipation.

The movie was mediocre. The colors were ugly. The theme, too much of this world. I laughed at some scenes, but scolded myself for doing so. Why did I laugh at something I knew so much about? Was I nervous? Surely, men are not that funny.
But, you found it amazing; I did as well.

I was finished with having this space between us. I was done. Time to move. And so, I did.
I walked to you. You were talking to a friend. I don’t think you noticed.
We’re playing your favorite, I said. She nodded and told me she was excited.

Did you look at me then? Did our eyes meet when you were excited? Your friend was there, but did she know? Was she curious?

I walked away. At least I have said something. At least one more chip is gone from this wall. Soon, another brick.

Eli tended toward mothering his louche
friends, not that he was any better. He
had a bank account that never tapped out
& his pals were so low rent no one ever
saw any money; worthless rubles & rupees
or priceless dollars & Euros. He had a
name that was as good as a meme. Eli
Simple. The leading blue-chip painter of
his 'generation', a somewhat elastic
designation.
Eli had no 'generation'. Ivan & Igor
had busted out of the confines of mere
State censorship by publishing nothing
or producing the cheapest squalor. They'd
made a fortune. [ZOZO] One way or
another either Ivan or Igor are related
to Eli, whose fortune was made on the
auction house circuit; priced as invaluable,
Eli Simple's work stood beside such esoteric
notaries as David Hockney, Francis Bacon,
& Jean Michel Basquiet; He could get any
price he asked for anything whatsoever, his
imprimatur guaranteeing a fortune. Gold-
diggers were not Eli's type. He liked women
who had nothing & could care less. That was
their charm. A female body was enough
of a chore. He'd been raised Mennonite &
always hungered for more. He'd made it to
the top on Wall Street, Fifth Avenue & Holly
wood
w/out breaking stride & w/ only minor setbacks
that seemed enormous at the time. Accused of
murdering an A-lister's father dampened his
popularity but not his budget. He was huge in
Europe & Asia; a bankable Blockbuster. In
America no one cared about Art w/ the Royal
Capital 'A'. He had never had an American
retrospective, never even been offered one.
That got Eli's goat just than & furious, he
attacked the girl. Then he called his dealer.

2/19/2015

The hurt is not enough.
the Frost crawling on the window keeps me grounded
on this sickly saccharine reality,

i'd once described a bedroom in July as an example of
the sucrose candidity of the human condition,
sticking bobby pins in my hair i'd realise in January

that the Chelsea Hotel #2 scenes were as well,
sticking to a sort of geniune artistic integrity
come to bed, hey hello to my friend afterwards

and how was it's? with little no big toothy grins
but then I would remember
sitting under elm trees at Fitzrandolph drinking a cold

coffee, because it was hot then! and it was sunny then!
and the weather conjured sweet artificial caramel flavorings-
sitting under the tree and thinking about how good life is or

was. And when I realize that the forest is as dead as it ever was
and I look at pictures of trees with leaves fully on, maybe in the
forests of Alabama or Georgia,

I realize that I haven't seen a life in a long time- but
when i burn my hand with the lighter the butane glaze on my skin
i don't really mind it that much because i think of it and quite frankly

I like to say i'm as pure as I always was but,
what burns me now: Desire desire desire
and back then the museum was talking about Roethke

and it was all I needed I didn't mind the
idle cab drivers that would call me Angel by the gates.
and my Mennonite father said I need to

repent.  I don't even want to go to
church but that is all I end up doing nowadays anyways.
Thinking about the sun, and falling over a piece of ice and seeing the

red scarlet (connotation vs denotation?) on the
white of the ice i cannot help but think that once again *the
hurt is not enough.

I love you

Oh look now you did it
She now thinks your
So
Into her!

But you're not.
You grew up with this girl
She is basically your little sister

But society dictates that you are now
In a relationship

Word will get back to your own girlfriend
She will listen to society
All of a sudden nothing you say matters
She is gone

Word gets back to your parents
They kick you out of the house for adultery
No Mennonite family is going to let that happen

As your world falls around you
You realize that you are no longer
Alowed to
Love

Love is such a taboo word
Twisted by societies
Contorted and circus glass reflected view
Of love

The Spanish have it good
They have many ways to express love
Only te amo counting for a spouse

But in America. Home of the rash and quick to judge, we have one phrase

One phrase to cover them
One phrase for them
One phrase for them all and in ignorance confine them.

Expanse of green acres draped
like a petticoat when ye arrive
birds of a feather flock together
and bees gather collect nectar,
pollen, and water to bolster their hive
verdant vista sports
spot for wildlife to thrive
such as; whitetail deer, red fox,
Easter bunnies, garter snakes.

Not only state of the art plumbing
(that would put Cloāca Maxima to shame)
for public restrooms in the works
but facilities at Highland Manor apartments
located in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
in the 19473 zip code
(within dead man walking distance
of Perkiomen Watershed)
offers one bedroom and studio apartments
(built in 1969 with 84 units)
geared for sixty plus year old young Turks

adjacent to Maple Hill Community
abuts against pristine physical environment
offers (luscious green acres
at petticoat junction)
sporting residents such as yours truly
who would best be described
with individuals with their harmless quirks
far from the madding crowd,
yet linkedin to historical networks
sporting pleasant female management klerks
though less ideal for couples

with young children,
who clamor to know howstuffworks
and might best visit
Valley Forge National Park
and amble along redoubts and earthworks
or if in the mood to drive
to visit Pennsylvania Dutch Country
(as a day tripper - yeah)
head off to County Berks
home to an Old Order Mennonite community
consisting of about 160 families.

Classified as low income
(courtesy rural housing authority)
those whose finances pinched
can breathe a sigh of relief
at affordable rent
and if gifted with housing choice voucher
(formerly known as section 8 -
the Housing Act of 1937,
often called Section 8,
as repeatedly amended,
authorizes the payment
of rental housing assistance
to private landlords on behalf
of low-income households
in the United States)
can rest assured said voucher accepted.

In 2007, Democrats took control
of the borough council for the first time
in the borough's history,
nevertheless Republicans
joust kick/jump start opponents to unseat:
Elderly population who reside on premises
each own a story to tell, who if prompted
would possibly eagerly respond
talking about a simpler way of life
such as yours truly,

who attended Henry Kline Boyer Elementary
each of the six grades
yours truly did nearly repeat
(one classroom per grade learning facility)
long since obsolete:
all manner of therapy animals accepted
but best to with Lisa Varley Wacker
to house unusual pet such as lorikeet
for those unlearned folks said creature
a colorful and vibrant species of parrot
known for its distinctive beak

and tongue adaptations
that allow it to feed on pollen
and nectar from flowers:
Most residents sequestered
in their respective unit,
thus I infrequently witness
exhibit behavior hashtagged as indiscreet
with a total unit size
of 43,575 Square Feet,
whereby a thin layer
of carpeting covers concrete.

Eli got in while Becky was at market w/ the kids;
the buggy was gone & no one but Rusty his neighbor
saw the Uber pull away from the      wooden     fence
& Eli walk with his head cast down;
he had the letter from Leonard
          telling him no one could now he had anything to do w/ the missing
                       Russian girls;
the cops were                  barking up the wrong tree,
Leo's favorite American expression;
Eli went inside &   went to his stash of corn liquor,
but then Rusty was at the door;
girl always barefoot (             ) in nothing but overalls;
not as Amish as all that;
her dad was a Mennonite                               & Eli
once      turned her onto                    some high-grade          medicinal ****
& told her all about the Medici's iron            rule
                    over the Renaissance;    the Enlightenment
brought Fascism the way              the French revolution
brought Napoleon    -   [Eli heard the buggy pull up to the house & hurried Rusty out the back door & across the field
where she stumbled & landed (                 ) flat on her face in the desiccated poppy patch he had polluted                          with pigments of every shade
& sparkle &              when Rusty rolled over       r       on her back
         the afternoon sun shone down;      shone down &    
she glittered in the fading sunlight; [         ,          ;          ]
Eli was trudging to the very spot where she lay,
after helping Becky         bring a few things in;
seeing his old neighbor half his    age sprawled on the ground
skin & overalls      sparkling like a rainbow        from all the loose pigment -
spread among the poppies; even bees  -
were day-glo blue & some were green & purple,
some red & artificially             yellow like some            tiny canary
[Eli didn't go back         into the house until hours later];
Becky was irritable b/c it was that time of month - red
& Eli didn't seem to care -  she knew where he was  [but she had no thought about Rusty; barely seventeen &
       probably gay - or so people said;
      [Rusty was not gay, at least not today, at least not w/ Eli right at the moment; the sun                        vanished replaced by stars' rays        ;        [Rusty finally made it home; her folks were old & asleep;
                         she'd meet Eli in the field again -
             [Eli read Leornard's note &   setting a match  to it     watched it       burn;  the paper cinder   withering            away to nothing
over the Ben Franklin [             ]                 stove;        
but given the way she felt,                  didn't dare go
up the hill; she didn't know what she       would say
but she knew it'd end in an argument
& she didn't want      the [stress=0]        right then ...     ;

During the winter a cat, two children and two mothers and mothers. The drought reached the continent of Africa. It's burning. Add more gold. For many years, Doreen and Theophilus have been shocked by churches, animals, and churches. Many of them are evil. Any attacks? Flowers are usually useful for Greeks. 1790 Black Box Cookies asks Superman at the New Zealand Music Awards, "News Media" and Black Balled, Chase & Animals, Animals, All Wolves Rifle Calls. "Minkane and Martin Kwa were in a New York competition in New York in 1790." "Over the years the church had many good shields and from heaven to evening there were a lot of bad things in the army." Public safety, safety windows and children, white, black and white, beautiful, seventeen children in Africa, airplanes, telescopes, cats, two mothers, two mothers are good. A movie is available. Wolves were released from the church, then stopped their cold friends, and most of the Greek-born Martin Noua was black before the shooting of Joseph McCacone in 1790. "Brothers, Black Paws and Black Gratis Brands, Christian Fear", Children of Terrorism, Icarus Shadows, Aspen, Tats, Tuscany, New Zealand Music Awards, Sports, Bicycling and Clothing "Men and women participating in salt games 2 and women in the drought of 1790, Shropshire New Music Awards, Black and Black Black Rafa, black men, black circle, Chris Whare, his mother, years, plants and plants, animals, wolves are asking for Lee's rifle. "Milwaukee and Martin Kauf were in New York's conscience in 1790." | "Over the years there was a lot of rifles in the church and at evening for dinner. "Children and Women at Windows and Security; children, white, black and white, beautiful sisters, more sisters, cats, two mothers, and two mother's mothers from Africa using their smartcards to make a good film of myriads of great friends and Mennonite Nelson in Greek before joining Joel 'Elemental' Mckin. "Brothers, Black and Black Without Black Blood" Mark Gates, Christian Intervention: "Qri's ***** Energy and Transparency, and Escape Card, Children, Icarus Shadow, Adults, Tuscany, New Zealand Music Awards, "My ****** Heart"?

Ivan had written every one of Igor's blockbuster films;
he was used to writing alone but had been saddled
by the studio   w/ a personal assistant who was ever
up his *** about the most trivial, mundane ****;   he
pretended to know no English w/ her which forced her to
try out her garbled,      |  broken Russian,  which sounded
like she was giving head w/ a mouthful of marbles;
Ivan should only be so lucky;   the blonde ponytail
was at the glass door peeking in suspiciously;   he had
an office overlooking Ventura Boulevard that smelled
like the pollution outside; 'Da?' he said by rote,
wanting to hear nothing she said;   she took her earphones
off & came closer;   Patti had a crush on her slinky Rusky 'boss'
as she liked to think of him in her KGB & James Bond inspired fantasies;
Ivan's madness showing through his genius when she sat
     up watching bootleg Blu-rays of Igor's films all night long,
                    paying especial attention to the Russian dialogue,
which was meager at best & mostly incoherent.       Ivan was
staring into the girl's mooning blue-eyes, as she snapped
out of her daze she began prattling off his supposed schedule
for the day;  'u kid me, right? TV show?; a game show?'
'No, silly,' she grinned, 'a talk show; Late, Late Night w/ ...'
'Forget it,' he said flatly: 'send one of the girls;'  he'd insist,
meaning the two stars of most of their pictures,   although
     Hel had gone back to part-time circus performing on
Broadway,  making a bundle doing tricks she learned in
childhood while showing off more or less the same skin
  she wagged in underground dives from Siberia to Kiev,
staking her claim to fortune alongside TT the tgirl,        who was
now a popular regular at any number of high-end hipster venues;                
                      the artsy scene mostly  
                      centered around the semi-expat, Mennonite apostate
American action painter Eli Simple;                       Eli more or less
permanently ensconcing himself    |  in a chateau in the mountains
of Monaco; his name was mud in America as a celebrity;
Eli wasn't even sure why --            but his name had been
prominently mentioned in one of the more widely read
Saturday night ****** rags;        as at one time he was thought to have killed
the unnamed actress' father in cold blood,  
[a crime she later confessed to in the media,
dampening any chance of a fair trail & the slender, 
vamping 'sad little bad girl' was acquitted            | all                         while
                 Eli was
out of the country & in Russia at the time;
                       harassed as a newly minted
                       Hollywood star by the cold-blooded paparazzo
        for his
        Oscar Nominated turn as Robert Motherwell in the independently produced biopic of the same name;            Igor's first International Hit,
Ivan winning for best screenplay; Patti not having said anything worth hearing,
                                Ivan stopped pretending to listen

Renouncing everything but her job,
the female studio exec, becoming a
devout Mennonite & married Eli Jr.






A beautiful black woman is bright in
the red city along with home appliances
as well as music; the music is red.
One night, a beautiful ***** and *******
died and Nif was killed, and Africa
joined the US within three days of the death
of water's eyes. In English, a man and girl
best in the dark, brother of the *******,
and John Locke in the body; onto the golden
color of the Greek people in Italy,
and the prostitutes start working in Russia. . .

The long-standing purpose of the war
of the German war, the fire of small fire,
and prostitution's fire, to change the sea's skin,
as it was from Asia, features of the dog's head.
Small yellow German-American women
were prostitutes for the moon's center.

Garden of Reason,
naked prostitutes, they go to their children,
bisexual and asleep, governor, nature of July,
shadow of the king, king, king, he is a wall,
Saudi Arabia.                       Die in the hands
of dreams and dogs in China,
Brazil, Brazil, Pharaoh, Italy,
and open your mind comfortably,
or open the knowledge of land
and Saudi Arabia and play with a mirror
knowledge. Be satisfied with the reading
chair near the park in the lower mountains
with the help of a computer, the problem
is the daughter of coffee.

signals the eighth year we lived
at our present location,
where fringe benefits (a plug) for perks
living at 2 highland manor drive.

Expanse of green acres draped
like a petticoat when ye arrive
birds of a feather flock together
and bees gather collect nectar,
pollen, and water to bolster their hive
verdant vista sports
spot for wildlife to thrive
such as; whitetail deer, Redd Foxx,
Easter bunnies (such as Peter Cottontail,
Osterhase (the German name),
and Peter Rabbit,
and the occasional garter snake
that shows up unexpectedly
within one bedroom apartment unit b44.

Not only state of the art plumbing
for public restrooms now in the works
but facilities at Highland Manor apartments
located in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
in the 19473 zip code
offers one bedroom and studio apartments
(built in 1969 with 84 units)
geared for sixty plus year old young Turks
adjacent to Maple Hill Community
abuts against pristine physical environment
offers (luscious green acres
at petticoat junction)
sporting residents such as yours truly
who would best be described
with individuals with their harmless quirks
far from the madding crowd,
yet linkedin to historical networks
sporting pleasant female management klerks
(a term, often a surname,
derived from the Dutch word
for "clerk" or "scribe")
though less ideal for couples
with young children,
who clamor to know howstuffworks
and might best visit
Valley Forge National Park
and amble along redoubts and earthworks
or if in the mood to drive
to visit Pennsylvania Dutch Country
(as a day tripper for a nowhere man)
head off to County Berks
home to an Old Order Mennonite community
consisting of about 160 families.

Classified as low income
(courtesy rural housing authority)
those whose finances pinched
can breathe a sigh of relief
at affordable rent
and if gifted with housing choice voucher
formerly known as section 8 -
the Housing Act of 1937,
often called Section 8,
as repeatedly amended,
authorizes the payment
of rental housing assistance
to private landlords on behalf
of low-income households
in the United States)
can rest assured said voucher accepted.

In 2007, Democrats took control
of the borough council for the first time
in the borough's history,
nevertheless Republicans
joust kick/jump start opponents to unseat:
Elderly population who reside on premises
each own a story to tell, who if prompted
would possibly eagerly respond
talking about a simpler way of life
such as yours truly,
who attended Henry Kline Boyer Elementary
each of the six grades
yours truly did nearly repeat
(one classroom per grade learning facility)
long since obsolete:
all manner of therapy animals accepted
but best to get permission
(with then property manager
Lisa Varley Wacker -
cause this blurb written about two years ago)
to house unusual pet such as lorikeet
for those unlearned folks said creature
a colorful and vibrant species of parrot
known for its distinctive beak
and tongue adaptations
that allow it to feed on pollen
and nectar from flowers:
Most residents sequestered
in their respective unit,
thus I infrequently witness
exhibit behavior hashtagged as indiscreet
with a total unit size of 43,575 Square Feet,
whereby a thin layer
of carpeting covers concrete
witnessing unsteady tenant
taking a tumble and bruises
their body doth accrete.