Originally published @April 7, 2017
It's a beautiful thing when people breathe words of support en masse
Pumping lungs across the Cityscape,
Felt city-wide in every rib cage like compressed air intake in your chest ache
Each cul-de-sac from Ahwatukee to Anthem fills with childlike laughter, from Astors to Hansens
suspense builds and builds and builds at the thought of critique after
spills over with uncontrollable anger
still feels like that anger's a real danger...
Chauffeur !
Come and take me away
It's been real and it's been good, but as luck would have it,
the good only lasted as long as it could
À propos—did you get my message about the kids ?
They have tennis at 4 – karate at 6
A little time for homework before bed at 8
Now it's too late to enjoy a little lingerie
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cliché
matinée with your fiancé
répondez svp
bouquet
touché
risqué
buffet
café
omelette sans vinaigrette
silhouette of a chef
avant-garde / the Vanguard
restaurant à la carte
don't make a faux pas
or it'll be your coup-de-grâce
bon appetit
pot pourri
petite
brunette
a chic boutique sellin’ Je Suis Couture
souvenir for the thrice-arrested voyeur
joie de vivre
entrepreneur, hors d'oeuvres
en route
to a place where I might've had déjà vu of a military coup
encore
armoir
façade
mirage
bon voyage
chef