A Fine Kettle of Bouillabaisse
reason god invented fish
fish monger fish stew
divine seduction conger eel weaver fish
anglerfish sea hen soup fish scorpion fish
least saleable kept aside
homeward bound to Marseille
for the fishermen’s supper ragout soupe d’or

Garlic
(Ail)
garlic’s supposed ability neutralizing snake insect venom
leprosy asthma whooping cough cholera
stomach cancer strokes cardiovascular disease
aromatic juice for soups sauces salads
fish meat pasta vegetables bread
antiseptic disinfectant inhibitor
rich in vitamins B and C
the stinking rose a gastronomic emergency tool

La Resistance

dark chapel confessional box

Parish Priest listening as silence deepens

crosshatched kneeling doorway of suspicion

small town red-tiled roofed village

trellised gardens bordered by a placid sea

knurled shrunken wrinkled figure

repents his atrocities of long ago

silence would be the safe side

but not a cleansing closing of his darkest fears

Bee-Conomics
dusted with red white purple potpourri
flowers cyclical annual orgy of sexual reproduction
requires fly through hospitality
from migrant apian labor of apiculture
the rise and fall of the managed honeybee
owes as much to the economics
of supply and demand
as it does to the forces of nature
nectar and pollen attracting pollinators notwithstanding
bee off with you

National Socialism

bed of doubt

reign of madness

country of hunger

prison of ascension

ballet of longing

Sage of Rapallo

cantos Pound the poet

Ezra fascist populist

moment of brilliance

plethora of tears

woe to him that consumes oneself

Paris

come to Paris if romance fades

ponder love's fragility

in a famous cemetery

the grave's a fine and private place

ideal solitude like a novel living a life

Turkeys

a rafter stirs the leaves

creating soft rustling sounds

unearthing a clew of worms

gobblers moveable feast