Roger Trefousse 19 April 2020

                 (Roger Trefousse 1982)

                         (Ben Weber)



Peripatetic
Vocal rebuttals
Disrupted
At midstream,
     -Pretzeled, pathetic,
     -Defensive lineman
     -Doggedly
     -Tightened hole;
Nocturnal debuts
Colloquial strides
Keyed over
Telephone,
     -Diurnal caboose
     -Parochial prey,
     -Narrow guage
     -Discipline;
Autodidactic,
Bare boned copyist,
Dismantled
Components,
     -Tempered scholar, piqued
     -Reproductionist,
     -Glissandoed
     -Ostacles;
Camp anchorite dished
Delectations of
Consummate
Home cooking,
     -Damp Mennonite corked
     -Ladies Parties fizzed
     -Charades for
     -Candidness;
Purveyors foraged,
Exotic spices,
Butcher cuts,
Choicest fruits,
     -Calf love disparaged,
     -Cantaloupes squeezed, plums,
     -Stewed in juice,
     -Swallowed, spit;
One day spent shopping,
Preparing, one day
Spent cooking,
For hour,
     -Hours observing,
     -Sketching, weeks spent brushed
     -Back, finding,
     -For a glance;
Voluptuous soup,
Frisson greens, lardons,
Filet de
Boeuf en croute,
     -Morris Golde grouped,
     -Dickerson, Cooper
     -Cordoned, Rounds
     -Rib cage crushed;
Mindless bagatelle,
Flourished caprice, red
Cabbage sweet,
Sour notes,
     -Chalked breakfast specials,
     -Mascara streaked kid,
     -Belched powdered
     -Sugar knot;
Sublime aroma,
Pinched cumin, curry,
Infused cream,
Chicken broth,
     -Subsumed diner scents,
     -Toast, coffee, bacon
     -Grease rendered
     -Griddle eggs;
Maror undertones,
Bitter chicory,
Wilted, red
Vinegar,
     -Savoured indulgence,
     -Melted butter spread,
     -Cinnamon
     -Sticky bun;
Mantecatura
Modulated drone,
Crackle, hiss,
Fingering,
     -Register ping, popped
     -Up click, refill glug,
     -Cast iron
     -Sizzle, scrape;
Scaled symposium,
Spooned here, forkful there,
Cut apart
Puffery,
     -Rush hour cram course
     -Scooped off styrofoam,
     -Or grabbed from
     -Paper bag;
Bombay terrace, Swiss
Bower, London flat,
In New York
Apartment,
     -Polish tea shop, French
     -Bistro, West Village
     -Regulars'
     -Greasy spoon;
Lukewarm goulash spilled
By arthritic hand,
Stoic dogs
Under foot,
     -Prosaic settings,
     -Spelled out, left blank, took
     -In crayoned
     -Expressions;
Fantasia rose,
Wrapping him, naked
On bench, with
Hand marked sheets,
     -Mark, squarely planted,
     -Back strapped, weighed down with
     -Random books
     -Clenched to knee.

20 April 2020