Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Dinner Menu
Kenneth Rexroth, Complete Poems (Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 2004), pp. 358-359:
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Dinner in a peasant auberge,
Everybody inspects the
Vélos. "De Paris en Italie?
Incroyable! Formidable!"
Grilled pork chops, fried potatoes,
Tomatoes, beans in vinegar,
Fresh cheese, pears, wine, and coffee,
And the magnificent bread
Of Touraine. Just looking at it,
We weep for joy after the
Rancid papier mâché turds
They sell in Paris. We shake
Hands with everybody and
Pedal on down the river,
Wobbling, heavy with food.
