Thursday, February 27, 2014

The Count's Plate

The Count's plate

snow outside the window and door
looks like the white dinner plate
Sylvie Ann de la Gueronniere's father
set before me the time I spent the night:
mashed potatoes, boiled calf brain,
and milk,
I tried not to gag,
The Count was known to shoot pigeons
off of his roof
to serve as squab to guests
on retrospect, I think he liked
to see just how polite society
could be in 3rd world
New Orleans.


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