Noir coffee spilled over the newspaper
We talked for hours, jobless hours About borders, coups and the Icelandic landscape Jef Costello was brought into the conversation, Combed hair and smart suit – holding a gun, Bluish stare over greyish glare The talk went on at full tilt, It was writ large all over us That old films and faraway countries Wouldn’t bring us any new prospects (though there’s no denying that Hugo Barrett set a table before us sometime in 63) Details Elegy (In Memory of Victor Esteban Celeiro), 2014 Publication history Empty Mirror, Bellingham, WA, USA, June 2014 |