Solved: The mystery of Le Pain Maudit
1951
a
quiet
picturesque
village
Pont-Saint-Esprit
in southern France
suddenly and mysteriously
struck with mass insanity
hallucinations deaths suicides
investigative journalist claims
covert CIA secret cold war
LSD mind control experiment
gone awry town baker had
unwittingly contaminated his
flour with diethylamide
the D in LSD the
cursed bread incident
still haunts this
tiny town
in the
Gard

Marche Biologique Paris Blvd Raspail
first light…here’s life! humming with rustic theatricality
cabbage carrots leeks garlic onions creamy stinky cheeses olives
pears that look like sagging breasts lavender honey free-range eggs
fresh butchered meats whole-grain loaves flasks of wine and olive oil
standing amidst burly butchers their whites smeared red
at wine bar Le Tourne-Bouchon for a ballon de rouge
both overlooking this great organic bustling midway
A
Balzac
A Rodin

Pissoirs
pissoirs are breezy and easy when a springing leak is at hand
no issues of lifting or seating or dealing with tissues and rolls
steady hand is needed for a streamline flow as sandals toes and neighbours
may be babtized with sprinkling holy water

Caged Poultry Love
roses are red violets are blue
scratching out my love for thee
sunny side up verse to set you free
orgasm a deux cock-a-doodle-doo

Pont Neuf
equestrian statue of Henri IV King of France 1553-1610
overseeing his stable of 37 Paris bridges crossing the cold grey Seine
in winter when hands are only felt beneath the gloves
thick winter coats hide the fairest of Parisian delights
infamous tower erect on the far where lovers meet