“Before dawn, I buy a coffee at Tom’s Newsstand,
then sit with your big Petit Larousse, La Fontaine,
and my ardor. September is a time to feel the light,
write, scratch out, write, nap, walk, begin again.”
Henri Cole, 107 Water Street
lordly lantern
tall neon doyen
dear to
orated tenderly on art or a trend
learned (Eden Tyndale Lear Eeyore Yoda Erato Leander Leda Troy Dante Donatella Leontyne)
ornately
real
annealed oleander
lonely eye
-Derrick Austin, André Leon Talley
