PARIS WITH DOSTOYEVSKY.A Poem by Terry CollettA MAN IN PARIS IN 1973 WITH DOSTOYEVSKY.
Tucking Dostoyevsky’s
Crime and Punishment into the bedside cabinet of the cheap Paris hotel having cleaned the greasy sink and bidet you walked out on the street breathing in the Parisian air smelling the perfume of the restaurants on the side walks seeing the sights taking photographs as memoirs drinking the wines and beers and that fish with eyes still there putting you off you tried to get out of the cheap cafe but paid for the meal you couldn’t eat the fish eye gazing up at you dead eye battered fish and the Left Bank and night and you taking in the sights and lights and those w****s sitting in windows like gifts to have wrapped but not take home or the sexy films you never went to see in those cinemas you just walked by or the Eiffel Tower day right to the top the view splendid the sight historical or those rides on the Metro riding the wrong carriages looking out for the train inspector pretending to be Aussies giving it the yak and later in your hotel room taking out Dostoyevsky and entering the Russian world of murder and deceit and being followed you imagined by the detective looking out onto the Parisian street from the open window of your room gazing at street corners and shadows or remembering that French girl in the cafe who served you with bright eyes black and white dress and white apron the fine long legs and wiggling behind recalling the old priest who once said too much sex will make you blind. © 2013 Terry Collett |
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Added on May 20, 2013 Last Updated on May 21, 2013 Tags: PARIS, MAN, SIGHTS, DOSTOYEVSKY, 1973 AuthorTerry CollettUnited KingdomAboutTerry Collett has been writing since 1971 and published on and off since 1972. He has written poems, plays, and short stories. He is married with eight children and eight grandchildren. on January 27t.. more..Writing
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