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Monday, July 19, 2004

UD, Currently at the Beach, Writes a Poem



Pale, pale, and radically displaced,
A vision of concavity among the convex,
The English professor approaches the plage.

The path of his pilgrimage is complex.
Where he sits must allow him to dodge
The human race.

At the end of his haj
To the edge of the place,
He takes from his satchel the text

(Death in Venice) on which his next essay will be based.
At the moment a hodgepodge
Of thoughts on repression and sex,

His mind will eventually lodge
In whatever it says in Zizek's
Last book. The English professor's face

Is pale, pale, with flecks
Of sand and spittle. Also the trace
Of Clarins Super Protectante Bronzeage

Borrowed from his girlfriend, a neurotic case.
She refuses to go to the beach, for nothing protects
Fully against the sun. She writes in the garage.
Posted at: 7/19/2004 08:12:00 AM