Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008: On the Street...Tailored Tee, Paris

Somewhere nearby, someone is doing the laundry.
I smell the powder and suds on the wind.
All the clotheslines have vanished,
but they’ve left a phantom fragrance.
It’s up to you to hear the clothes flapping
like a white sail, a rug being shaken over a balcony,
a paintbrush’s first contact with a wall,
the muffled thwap spattering your face
with coloured punctuation marks.

6 comments

  1. Before I found your blog I only rarely looked at the Sartorialist photos. You make me the photos so much better.

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  2. I'd have to say that your poem is more inspired than the photo!

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  3. I am awestruck at this one. Please, please...consider putting these in a collection.
    K.

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  4. Found your place through la belette rouge. Very groovy idea and the poems are wonderful.

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  5. Thanks, readers. Welcome, Randal! Thanks for the comments.

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  6. this one is incredible!

    la belette rouge is so right! i had stopped dropping by the sartorialist...and now, because of your work, i'm a regular once again!

    the power of The Storialist : )

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