Re: Salinger this, buddy!
Scottie Bowman (rbowman@indigo.ie)
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 23:38:53 +0000
The eggplant, I presume, is that homely comestible
served up in homely ways by our homely Aunt Mame
in her homely little home in the west.
Whereas its French speaking cousin the aubergine ...
Glossily voluptuous in her purple peignoir, bathed
in olivine nectar from the South, fragrant with garlic,
beloved of Matisse & cherished of Pablo; apotheosed
by Cezanne, glorified by Colette ....
Then winging eastward to the gates of Stamboul -
to the very towers & the glaring, terrible ovens of Topkapi
where she waits adorning & marinating herself for the delight
of the Sultan himself ....
Yes, Dan, I concur. Pumpkins! I beseech them. In the bowels of etc
...
Scottie B.