Rumsugar darling: damask and mocha,
the almond eyes so exotic…
the music on the soundtrack – meringue and soca;
the nudes on the screen – so erotic!
The son of a Scottish bureaucrat,
Lorenzo née Lawrence O.
looks down from a 40-story ziggurat
in downtown Tokyo…
For his latest album, the last book he read:
the demimonde of the Borgias.
The devil you say – hey it’s all in your head
and the flesh, anyway, is gorgeous
Or maybe that guru physicist?
The Chaos-Beat of the Heart?
A New Age sermon – it’s very German
but sweet thing… is it art?
oh no
New York London Paris Rome
The world is my city and the city’s my home
New York London Paris Rome
The world is my city and the city’s my home
New York London Paris Rome
The world is my city and the city’s my home
New York London Paris Rome
The world is my city and the city’s my home
Rio Milano Tokyo Chicago
Rio Milano Tokyo Chicago
Tomorrow he’ll be halfway around the world
in a studio in Alabama,
then a day trip to study the songs of the oppressed
peoples of Louisiana…
Devious brogue: baroque or rococo?
baronial or Byronic?
Oh well the Thames is the Congo is the Orinoco…
his detachment is not ironic.
New York London Paris Rome
The world is my city and the city’s my home
New York London Paris Rome
The world is my city and the city’s my home
Rio Milano Tokyo Chicago
Rio Milano Tokyo Chicago
New York London Paris Rome
The world is my city and the city’s my home
New York London Paris Rome
The world is my city and the city’s my home
Berlin, Bologna, New York London Paris Rome
Seoul, Barcelona, The world is my city and the city’s my home
Bangkok, Glasgow, New York London Paris Rome
Sao Paulo, Moscow, The world is my city and the city’s my home
Cairo, Nairobi, New York London Paris Rome
Köblenz and Kobe, The world is my city and the city’s my home
L.A., Marseilles, New York London Paris Rome
Shanghai, Bombay, The world is my city and the city’s my home
Madrid and Madras, New York London Paris Rome
Osaka, Caracas, The world is my city and the city’s my home
Athens, New Orleans, New York London Paris Rome
Vienna, Florence, The world is my city and the city’s my home
Singapore, Amsterdam, New York London Paris Rome
Istanbul, Isfahan, The world is my city and the city’s my home
Sydney, Djakarta New York London Paris Rome
Puerto Vallarta The world is my city and the city’s my home
New York London Paris Rome
The world is my city and the city’s my home
New York London Paris Rome
The world is my city and the city’s my home
[to fade…]
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