A Dark Portait

Narrated by Bill Wolak

New Jersey

A Dark Portrait

By Lawrence Ferlinghetti

She always said ‘tu’ in such a way

as if she wanted to sleep with you

or had just had

a most passionate

orgasm

And she tutoyed everyone

But she was really like Nora in Nightwood

long-gaited and restless as a mare

and coursed the cafes

through revolving doors and nights

looking for the lover

who would never satisfy her

And when she grew old

slept among horses