Perlun
the whipper snapper child of the sun
His pert blonde spirit
scoured by the Scandinavian Boreas
His head
an adolescent oval
ostrich egg
The victorious
silly
beauty of his face
awakens to his instincts
A vivacious knick-knack tipped with gold
he puts the world
to the test of intuition
Smiling from ear to ear
Living from other hands to mouth
Holding in immaculate arms
the syphilitic sailor
on his avoided death bunk
or the movie vamp
among the muffled shadows of the shrubberiesвБ†вЄЇ
Picking lemons in Los Angeles
broke
The education of вАЬPrince Fils √† PapaвАЭ
How low men die
How women loveвБ†вАФ
The rituals of Dempsey and Carpentier
Perlun
asks вАЬDo these flappers of the millionaires
think IвАЩm a doll for anyone to pat?вАЭ