Library of E
Black and green butterfly
Wedding-cake bride and groom
Robert Creeley
Barbara Guest
Joe B
Joe C
Jade elephant
Brass turtle
Red and white candy dice
Sappho
Lorine
Lorine
Lorine
Lorine
Tie-dye Easter eggs
Rimbaud bejeweled by David Shapiro
Pig and globe
Sarcophagus pencil-box
The Futurist Cookbook
The Dead Celebrity Cookbook
Sei Shonagon
The Brothers Grimm
Library of J
Red Buddha
Silver rocket
Jack, Frank,
Stevens, Poe
Epics and matchbooks
Spirit money to burn
William James
John Dewey
Pierre Bourdieu
A photo of Elvis near
A photo of Mayakovsky’s grave
Hegel
Marx
The Big Book
The Best of Mad
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Shoulder to the Grindstone
Press your wing
into the morning’s wax.
Make an impression.
A Taste for the Picturesque
We traveled from one postcard to another,
side-stepping the scenic puddles,
the castles that sprouted like mushrooms,
the windmills that turned the corners for us
like pages in a book. Often, due to long lines,
bad weather, or strange feelings of foreboding,
we’d skip visiting the monuments and make
a beeline for the gift-shop. It was a relief —
a victory, really – to know one less cathedral,
one less masterpiece was looking down on us.
There among the snow globes and mugs,
we felt cozy and safe. The best souvenirs
remind us of things that never happened.