by phillipw | May 31, 2020 | AD, EM, FE, TE
Black Light was not Needed I used to wear my heart a little wet With Day Glo blood, and pumping, on my sleeve, A pulse of adolescent scarlet, jet, Throb, jet in all directions. No steel greave Protected it politely in this show. Beats warbled as a sobbing gospel...
by phillipw | May 29, 2020 | AD, CH, FL, GO, HE, MO, PR, RO, SE, ST, Ta
Talleyrand & Gouveneur Morris Crippled Twinning “Your character is such that you destroy Unhappiness much faster than can fate Create its sadnesses,” said Monstesquiou To Adelaïde, who had the lovely trait Of being charming Countess de Flahaut— Which meant that...
by phillipw | May 28, 2020 | BY, CH, DU, GE, LO, Ta
[The following sonnet may offend some readers. Do not read it if you think you may be offended.] Talleyrand and duc di Biron These two engaged in a competition With long dead Baron Byron–the French lords T and Duc de Biron . The ambition Was for them to strike...
by phillipw | May 28, 2020 | AN, CH, SE, Ta
[The following sonnet may offend some readers. Do not read it if you think you may be offended.] Preincarnation: Rear Regard Action* Talleyrand said, “Love is a reality in the domain of the imagination.” “Celui qui n’a pas vécu au dix-huitième si...
by phillipw | May 28, 2020 | CH, SE, Ta
[The following sonnet may offend some readers. Do not read it if you think you may be offended.] Message to Minister Talleyrand What must it be like, this having no friends? I guess it would be pretty much all right If ladies’ offerings, their bottom ends,...
