BRIGITTE
BRIGITTE BARDOTAGE
An aging Brigitte doppelgånger followed me after
the show: Rickie Lee Jones The Other Side of Desire
Brigitte fell into paroxysms of grief for her lost youth
Right there on the street in front of the Lightbox theatre
she shrieked: They throw you away like a used kleenex
I’d offered her some but she demurred Tears +mucous
mixed with mascara + MAC’s Exaltation flowed The
alchemical dictionary defines exaltation as: an operation
by which matter is altered elevated to a higher dignity
of substance+virtue
How’s this for you: at some point beauty reaches redundancy
then becomes something else Now the lodestone of dumb daily
obstruction Under that ruby-red lipstick a hint of the soul clings
Brigitte: focus on the smooth little pebbles striped+stippled the
ones you carried back from a riverbed Now bend your knee like a
pagan primitive +ask for: mild happiness mild ecstasy +sacred
ordinary And you will be free The wheel will stop + let you off
on Ossington St. at this little hut where they make Mac+Cheese
The hipster chef a Fisher King
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Longest Night Yule 2015
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