IV. Famous for Oranges & Women
do you need to know every thought
between every thought
between doing & being
Alisa squirts tomato all over Robyn
I eat cheese, olives & an orange
it’s gone from 16°C to 21°C
not only do I not know everything
I don’t know simple, basic, useful, grounding
facts
who’s that actress? what was she in?
who wrote that book
what’s-its-name?
hilly rocky little trails climbing
tunnels galore my ears pop
I have looked out the window 4 hours
next station Cordoba
boots of Spanish leather
cordovans made from horsehide
Is it one’s fault if one doesn’t wish to try?
what if one’s taste is for high culture?
the more you drink, the more I steal
Robyn is hate-reading
about a self-described iconoclast
“so I can’t have snacks right now”
a dog in a park could be in Spain, New York, or —
a dog can bark
I am the woman alone
I am alone in Seville. I do & I don’t
vant to be alone
I am not alone
Alisa & Robyn want to eat Galician octopus
I want to eat bread
food makes me nervous
The bathroom of death has claimed me (concussion)
& Robyn (bonked when the shower holder snapped)
be careful, Alisa!
later, one wonders how one thought of it
or was brave enough to do it
everything narrows unless one cartwheels
hitchhiking was what we did
the same people who called us brave
called us foolhardy
2 sleeping friends
a day at the Alcazar palace
old dojo gossip
Alisa’s friend ate a lemon poppy muffin every morning & failed a drug test
the ironworkers would quit if they had to take drug tests
I was smoking pot before you were born
Seville is full of KKK figurines
nine-oh-nine-oh-nine-oh
everyone danced & everyone danced
“I am not of this world”
am I still breathing?
“ask me how I gave myself a black eye masturbating”
Lady of Spain I adore you
“she did swing dancing at her wedding while the groom sat with us”
Alisa talks to everyone
Irene & James of Cork in Seville for the day, the German sisters
Plaza de España not the 15th century but 20th:
would an architect know that?
botany: a woman’s science
Seville: a dream I didn’t know I had
may I carry your hat?
the drawback of 2nd class: the train is going backwards
is it possible I belong elsewhere?
what was the emergency in the Pyrenees?
this week we are free
of riots, eldercare, earthquakes
even bad poetry
agricultural between Seville & Madrid
I would rather know everything than be a specialist
I need a t-shirt with oranges. I am not a painter
the view from the Hotel Inglaterra, the view from the Parasol
I like to be high
what will I eat when I live here?
do you need to know every thought
between every thought
between doing & being
Alisa squirts tomato all over Robyn
I eat cheese, olives & an orange
it’s gone from 16°C to 21°C
not only do I not know everything
I don’t know simple, basic, useful, grounding
facts
who’s that actress? what was she in?
who wrote that book
what’s-its-name?
hilly rocky little trails climbing
tunnels galore my ears pop
I have looked out the window 4 hours
next station Cordoba
boots of Spanish leather
cordovans made from horsehide
Is it one’s fault if one doesn’t wish to try?
what if one’s taste is for high culture?
the more you drink, the more I steal
Robyn is hate-reading
about a self-described iconoclast
“so I can’t have snacks right now”
a dog in a park could be in Spain, New York, or —
a dog can bark
I am the woman alone
I am alone in Seville. I do & I don’t
vant to be alone
I am not alone
Alisa & Robyn want to eat Galician octopus
I want to eat bread
food makes me nervous
The bathroom of death has claimed me (concussion)
& Robyn (bonked when the shower holder snapped)
be careful, Alisa!
later, one wonders how one thought of it
or was brave enough to do it
everything narrows unless one cartwheels
hitchhiking was what we did
the same people who called us brave
called us foolhardy
2 sleeping friends
a day at the Alcazar palace
old dojo gossip
Alisa’s friend ate a lemon poppy muffin every morning & failed a drug test
the ironworkers would quit if they had to take drug tests
I was smoking pot before you were born
Seville is full of KKK figurines
nine-oh-nine-oh-nine-oh
everyone danced & everyone danced
“I am not of this world”
am I still breathing?
“ask me how I gave myself a black eye masturbating”
Lady of Spain I adore you
“she did swing dancing at her wedding while the groom sat with us”
Alisa talks to everyone
Irene & James of Cork in Seville for the day, the German sisters
Plaza de España not the 15th century but 20th:
would an architect know that?
botany: a woman’s science
Seville: a dream I didn’t know I had
may I carry your hat?
the drawback of 2nd class: the train is going backwards
is it possible I belong elsewhere?
what was the emergency in the Pyrenees?
this week we are free
of riots, eldercare, earthquakes
even bad poetry
agricultural between Seville & Madrid
I would rather know everything than be a specialist
I need a t-shirt with oranges. I am not a painter
the view from the Hotel Inglaterra, the view from the Parasol
I like to be high
what will I eat when I live here?