Un Embrasser Au Cemetary, Ma Petite étoile

By Bella Butchery

Café du monde….eating and sipping coffee….
New Orleans is the strangest dream
Victorian crimson with a dash of tourism

“you look lost, what are you doing here?”

To my surprise a young, French accented woman, wearing prada
persuaded my attention from this write

[Her life was tattooed on her arms with stunning detail]

I told her I was here to save the world
With the art of fallen angles. spoken in
A language that melts prejudice
And replaces with romanticism

Chat chat chat chat

She took me by the arm up Rue Royal
And said meet me at Le Richelieu

*10:30 sharp*

French vision
Dark eyes, dark hair
And a stare that could
Have been the end of the world

{ma petite étoile}

Sprinkle twilight a sugar coated sour
City with a twenty-four hour bass line
A pulse to no match I have ever known

White dress/black polka dots/matching bandana

*black stilettos*

[I could die right now]

“I will show you true new New Orleans beauty”

Coffee in hand but not for her
Burbon street skin selling
Big daddies topless and bottomless

Her roommate, nude with dollars between mannequin fingers
[hand grenade supernova]

“ceci est le garçon blond que vous avez parlé de?”

She rushed up and gave me a big kiss on the cheek
[her septum ring graced my face for a moment]

[a broken ballerina]

"You two look like something a rockabilly Dhalli would paint"
*portrait lovers*

{au revoir les enfants de la nuit!}

Up Rue St.Luis we ran until graveyard no.1
Planted the landscape / trapped my heart
And snagged her dress on the fence

[a ripped collage]

She pulled a bottle and recited Lovecraft
In French while Tom Waits set the scene

[lyrical pianist]

She picked up the glass polish and poise
She gave me an absinth kiss
Soaked lips intoxicating in their own respect...


We talked forever on how to change the world and
The due process for art exchange
Saving souls and toppling governments….
[I was wrapped into every word]

Next to a shallow grave we danced
And kissed some more
[Nicholas Bouidouin de Laffiete if I can recall correctly]

Ballroom voodoo lovers….
The soft horns seemed to fallow us
As theme music for a grand escape
To her cheap studio on Rue St. Peters

Shed my clothes like giving me new life.

“you look like a modern statue of David,
The way men should look, and your eyes
Can pierce my heart quicker then any
Knife wound could muster”

[making love to a Sigur Ros soundtrack]

The smell of sheets and petals
To a subtle beat
And our romanticism
Jazzed a blaze of heat

But time dropped like a suicide
And she has to work,
And I will have to take a plane.
Walking out of the apartment
She danced to the curb and clocked in
And I wanted to take her with me

[exposed her whole heart in one night, minus one tiny detail]

{mon David, vous êtes mon premier amour, vous êtes mon dernier amour, je ne vous verrai jamais encore…… vous remercier mon petit nuage}

[she stole my words and put it in her purse]

You wrote this for me
And I will never doubt love again


She made me want to die

{ma petite étoile}

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© 2007 just shoot me in the face
Published on Tuesday, February 13, 2007.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: Like an orchestration of all things conjurable. I am amazed at this. Love finding treasures :)

  • Revisable Retina On Sunday, July 22, 2007, Revisable Retina (83)By person wrote:

    This is my first time reading this.. I don't know what to say. *heart yearns, smile fades* Very beautiful Cloud. A New Orleans romance must have made you feel euphoria.

  • snow On Saturday, July 21, 2007, snow (14)By person wrote:

    great work. now i know why i learned french ill est tres magnifique (my spelling sux though)

  • sIo On Tuesday, July 10, 2007, sIo (926)By person wrote:

    i'm undecided on this....

  • Eric On Monday, May 14, 2007, Eric (78)By person wrote:

    Wow.. very unique.. Love this!!

  • Hurtmeplease On Saturday, April 21, 2007, Hurtmeplease (6)By person wrote:

    I really enjoyed this piece of work, very unique and refreshing. I just need to find some to translate the french, I'm dying to know what it says, lol!

  • Carmina Gitana On Monday, March 19, 2007, Carmina Gitana (149)By person wrote:

    Mmm :) For some reason, Billie Holiday played in the back of my head as I read this. Dirty-decadent in the best way possible. Delicious.

  • Bella Butchery On Tuesday, March 20, 2007, Bella Butchery (724)By person wrote:

    good :) she is definatly an inspiration to me and was listening to her all the while there!

  • openureyes On Thursday, March 8, 2007, openureyes (56)By person wrote:

    Im glad I came across this. You bring to life pieces of my fantasies.Like a dream I dont want to wake up from...... "your eyes pierce my heart quicker than any Knife wound can muster" my favorite line...beautiful, passionate, enticing:)

  • urbanhumility On Thursday, March 8, 2007, urbanhumility (1175)By person wrote:

    a vivid trip ......encapsulating a true and fast experience......so very well written so very well felt.........urban

  • verablue On Saturday, March 3, 2007, verablue (111)By person wrote:

    how the hell did i miss this one??? holy hell....i didn't want it to end...i cant even pick a line to quote, there are too many. this.is.perfection.

  • A former member wrote: to say this is amazing is an understatement at best.You have captured a living entity on paper.I didn't read the words, I fell in love with them.

  • A former member wrote: There's something to be wholehearted stated about a tale that echoes throughout a listening mind like this, it recalling events that are vicariously stated and that fit into the hippocket as well.

  • A former member wrote: I've adored and stood on rooftops, catching the buzz of glances and they glaze the landscape of mind. And you remind me.

  • prettydisgrace On Wednesday, February 28, 2007, prettydisgrace (96)By person wrote:

    beautiful story,emotional...thank you for sharing

  • Tonights Decision On Saturday, February 24, 2007, Tonights Decision (137)By person wrote:

    deadly...pure deadly poetry under a dusky french moon. perfect mind trip.

  • GraveFlower On Thursday, February 22, 2007, GraveFlower (249)By person wrote:

    je'taime, simply beautiful, it was like a lulluby, i found myself swaying, getting lost in the words, and then, it ended, such a shame, yet so beautiful, you are truely amazing ~*dani*~

  • NikesRain On Thursday, February 22, 2007, NikesRain (1298)By person wrote:

    dusky and smooth with such luscious imagery and feel, outstanding mindscapes and shivers created by this

  • lstdarkness On Thursday, February 22, 2007, lstdarkness (26)By person wrote:

    Amazing. Simply fantastic. Imagery, use of french, what else is there to say? *speechles*

  • Dissolving Poet On Tuesday, February 20, 2007, Dissolving Poet (564)By person wrote:

    The images were lovely and I never wanted them to end, you are unique ~Mirrored Nymph

  • Dissolving Poet On Tuesday, February 20, 2007, Dissolving Poet (564)By person wrote:

    You are a genius this was magical.. Incredible, I can still taste it on my tongue as I sit back for a moment and try to breath admist the smoke that seems to cloud around me right now.. Beautiful.. Heartbreaking

  • A former member wrote: Enchanting, great read. lOVE THE Imagery, felt like I was present.

  • A former member wrote: "Chat chat chat chat" Love the Poe-like tintinnabulation! The beat, the rhythm. The mascara, mannequin & masquerade colours. Dripping black: "City with a twenty-four hour bass line." Wish I said that. This is a supernova, w/ a Lovecraftian Z. Brite...

  • carlosjackal On Thursday, February 15, 2007, carlosjackal (3016)By person wrote:

    "And our romanticism/Jazzed a blaze of heat"...the detail and story was magnificent, such a great, original take on boy-meets-girl..Write on Brotha Shoot Me!!

  • A former member wrote: :)

  • Bella Butchery On Thursday, February 15, 2007, Bella Butchery (724)By person wrote:

    i think ill take that as a compliment :)

  • nell On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, nell (271)By person wrote:

    you sir, cast a spell in this piece, it left me feeling kind of dreamy, good write=)

  • Tania On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, Tania (197)By person wrote:

    ahhh..tied together perfectly with a big red killer bow...son beau..son beau!

  • Mylissa On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, Mylissa (845)By person wrote:

    This was an amazing read, ride...not sure which one best describes it.

  • DarkPoet On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, DarkPoet (232)By person wrote:

    Incredible! What a shot of imagination and creativity, I love it. Scholar

  • Sin On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, Sin (1168)By person wrote:

    this was gorgeous..im such a sucker for a man who can speak french but even without it this was like a picture show..mind candy and i savored every lick, great write ~kristy

  • elisa On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, elisa (1616)By person wrote:

    a beautiful blend of language.......i love the poetic play-by-play ...very passionate

  • Lynaes On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, Lynaes (859)By person wrote:

    Exquisite.. you used the french language so fluently.. "good bye, children of the night".. this is wonderful.. one of your most vivd piece of art yet..

  • Lynaes On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, Lynaes (859)By person wrote:

    "Ballroom voodoo lovers." Ah, your beautiful words are delicious. As always. This makes me want to take a trip to Paris before setting up home in Spain. :)

  • Bella Butchery On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, Bella Butchery (724)By person wrote:

    ill bring the pina collatas kiddo ;)

  • Lynaes On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, Lynaes (859)By person wrote:

    :D

  • A former member wrote: First of all, this was so fucking beautiful. There isn't a word great enough to describe my love for this piece. What an amazing write. If I could kiss you I would!

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