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We rise, drop our faces
in cold water, and face the prospects
of a day like the last one from which we
have not recovered.

Philip Levine



Counterman by Paul Violi

- What'll it be?

Roast beef on rye, with tomato and mayo.

- Whadda want on it?

A swipe of mayo.
Pepper but no salt.

- You got it. Roast beef on rye.
You want lettuce on that

No. Just tomato and mayo.

- Tomato and mayo. You got it.
. . . salt and pepper?

No, salt. Just a little pepper.

- You got it. No salt.
You want tomato?

Yes, tomato. No lettuce.

- No lettuce. You got it.
. . . no salt, right?

Right. No salt.

- You got it. Pickle?

No, no pickle. Just tomato and mayo.
And pepper.

- Pepper.

Yes, a little pepper.

- Right. A little pepper.
No pickle.

Right. No pickle.

- You got it! Next!!!


Roast beef on whole wheat, please,
with lettuce, mayonnaise, and a center slice
of beefsteak tomato. The lettuce splayed, if you will,
in a Beaux Arts derivative of classical acanthus,
and the roast beef, thinly sliced, folded
in a multifoil arrangement that eschews Bragdonian pretensions
or any idea of divine geometric projection for that matter,
but simply provides a setting for the tomato
to form a medallion with a dab of mayonnaise
as a fleuron and-- as eclectic as this may sound--
if the mayonnaise can also be applied
along the crust in a Vitruvian scroll
and as a festoon below the medallion,
that would be swell.

- You mean like in the Cathedral St. Pierre in Geneva?

Yes, but the swag more like the one below the rosette
at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.

- You got it. Next!!!





Try watching this "The Limits of Power" on Bill Moyer's journal-- -it's fascinating:

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08152008/profile2.html


For Republican Poets only:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moutUEfqUQ4&feature=related


For Everyone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxpi2M38dAM&feature=related

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