PARIS PRELUDE

I asked myself, “Well, how did I get here

On the cool shell of this highway-hemmed snail?”

I feel as old as a twin’s memory

Of his twin. Et je suis très fatigué.

Even Heaven has its dream of being

Paris. A flawed Paris in a flawed light.

A proper Paris. You arrive there by

Accident: like Narcissus to his pond.