Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Sixty-nine:

69

What if one day in a fit of emptiness and metaphor 

Gustave Flaubert gave up writing novels 

and invented the Flowbee instead. What if he wrote 

irregular strophes that seeped sideways 

from his mouth, painting everything in your 

midnight living room with huckster and flimflam?

“The Flaubert Flowbee!” Not sold in stores!

Guaranteed to crack your cauldron 

bang out tunes and make bears dance 

for the exact measure of your deeds!

Without stars! And without pity!

Non refundable! No money back!

Would we be the worse for wear?

Would we have to invent Bovary ourselves?


Markle~

30March2021

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