bath scene {for niels biehl, who ran the bath}

I am heat and sap-riddled slug­gish pulse through skinsack, breath comes shal­low, slow there is steam­heat in my drumthrob chest, water­heat on my sweatbrow feet hung limpid over tub-edge taking in air like a dog’s tongue. the ocean­foam is like skyclouds...

Ode to the bath

At Christin­a’s in Hol­land (yay!!!). 2.17am. Just had first ser­i­ous long, hot bath since leav­ing Aus­tralia. Some of you may know me and baths. Anyhow… bath scene in white, purple and blue for niels bijl, who ran the bath I am heat and sap-riddled...

Paris for the monetarily impaired

My advice for the down-at-heel in Paris. Step one, pur­chase a “what’s on in paris” book­let from a street news vendor (40 centimes). This will inform you of all the cool free hap­pen­ings around town, includ­ing funky music at the new fake Paris-Plage (sand,...

Ahhhh…

I like Paris. I do. This is my third or fourth time here, and as cities go, I like it. Wide tree-lined streets, a lan­guage I speak well enough to under­stand 90% of what’s said around me by strangers at out­door cafes, thus feed­ing my...

La France

Can’t find punc­tu­ation on dumb french key­boards. A and Q reversed. Will updqte when back on own ‘puter. Argh. Have not typed hunt and peck for decades.