Monday, July 25, 2022

14,449. MANNERISM

MANNERISM
It was like that at nine o'clock -
the pointillists were out - rive gauche
and Georges Seurat. Having to do, perhaps,
with the French Navy, my impression of 
the Impressionists was that they should be
impressed. I went looking for bathing suit 
beauties and industrial chimneys. I bought 
a flower from the flower girl - she said her 
name was Marna, and that it rhymed with 
Hedgewick. I said I didn't understand. 
And then she said, 'Language is always a
barrier,' putting a red rose behind her ear.

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