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Autumn en Ile St. Louis

November 5, 2023 – 4:00 pm

November Paris 1984 Early morning Cold and wet rain Rue des Deux Ponts Ile St. Louis A gray morning Comme chaque autumn Sur le Rue Des Deux Ponts Kicking leaves into the gutter Heading to the corner cafe With my mistress’ Scottie in tow Angus Sniff sniff sniff For the scents of dogs. Arrive at […]

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The Language Of Thieves

April 12, 2012 – 1:15 pm

Back in the 80s I lived on Ile St. Louis with a South African model. Her husband paid the rent. He lived in the South of France, where he had a clothing factory in Biot. Vanesse had lied to her husband and said that I was gay. “I have nothing against ‘gay’. Guy had fought […]

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