(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