Jeremy Eric Tenenbaum (Philadelphia, USA): "dear gr"
dear
gr
etchen. hellos. i was
just now mentioning
to Pietyr of Left
Bank fame, you
know; it is 12:46 &
the play re
sumed with Lolita
in the role of Carl
Orf sans the uncome
ly goatee & it
is seven of march ninetee
n ninety-six is 12:47 or so
Europeans write; i am
so sorry I didn’t call yr
dance di
tracted me, desdom
ona shrt of brth in blue tights & fal
setto applause to thine own self. hellos. de
ar gretchen it is t
ime for a new style this
one is tight!
at the cuffs yr
mother agrees w
ith me & the last act of “
Carmen but Pietyr
dear Gretchen: pietyr dis
sents he says to thine o
wn self is a but much Oh
the dress-ups! the autumn black ties bowing
over the varnisht parquee & fire-
flies wilde! on the hem & mown lawn, ja! an
ev’nin tea; it
is 12:57 mail
will come at noo
n or one
p.m., wearing a leather jerkin, &
the letter will read:
dear gretchen & dear not unkindly, vast, holy. hellos. i will b
e at the Concessions where Milly of La Rue St. Jean sells cig
arettes/ bubble gums/ ta
piocca pies & she loves me! & I love her! we h
ave never met ‘formal’ but the wedding’s in June Oh
spangld garlnd or bougainvillea, orchid, the padre presides
: will you, sin
cerely, the ai
sle dance/ with a skit of blue orchids, yr beautiful two-step fire-
fly thine-own-Self? dear
© 1999
etchen. hellos. i was
just now mentioning
to Pietyr of Left
Bank fame, you
know; it is 12:46 &
the play re
sumed with Lolita
in the role of Carl
Orf sans the uncome
ly goatee & it
is seven of march ninetee
n ninety-six is 12:47 or so
Europeans write; i am
so sorry I didn’t call yr
dance di
tracted me, desdom
ona shrt of brth in blue tights & fal
setto applause to thine own self. hellos. de
ar gretchen it is t
ime for a new style this
one is tight!
at the cuffs yr
mother agrees w
ith me & the last act of “
Carmen but Pietyr
dear Gretchen: pietyr dis
sents he says to thine o
wn self is a but much Oh
the dress-ups! the autumn black ties bowing
over the varnisht parquee & fire-
flies wilde! on the hem & mown lawn, ja! an
ev’nin tea; it
is 12:57 mail
will come at noo
n or one
p.m., wearing a leather jerkin, &
the letter will read:
dear gretchen & dear not unkindly, vast, holy. hellos. i will b
e at the Concessions where Milly of La Rue St. Jean sells cig
arettes/ bubble gums/ ta
piocca pies & she loves me! & I love her! we h
ave never met ‘formal’ but the wedding’s in June Oh
spangld garlnd or bougainvillea, orchid, the padre presides
: will you, sin
cerely, the ai
sle dance/ with a skit of blue orchids, yr beautiful two-step fire-
fly thine-own-Self? dear
© 1999
originally published in CPR 12
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