09-25-2023, 10:01 PM
For evening leisure, sometimes they read
Beckett, but more often Pound.
"More often now do I reflect
on the little garden kept
by two dear friends of ours, too often dusted
during our visits with tar and ash
like a plate of Cafe du Monde's"
is how they hear the answer to
a simple "What's the time?"
"You know, the Jew
Pound was a pretty virulent anti-semite. I think the familiar world famous beignets at Cafe du Monde were only deemed kosher in 2008 (?). The inclusion of 'more often Pound' seems to imply that 'they' do not appreciate that Jews now frequent the Cafe. 'You know, the Jew" reads to me like a very subtle reference to 'their' anti-semitism.
Beckett, but more often Pound.
"More often now do I reflect
on the little garden kept
by two dear friends of ours, too often dusted
during our visits with tar and ash
like a plate of Cafe du Monde's"
is how they hear the answer to
a simple "What's the time?"
"You know, the Jew
Pound was a pretty virulent anti-semite. I think the familiar world famous beignets at Cafe du Monde were only deemed kosher in 2008 (?). The inclusion of 'more often Pound' seems to imply that 'they' do not appreciate that Jews now frequent the Cafe. 'You know, the Jew" reads to me like a very subtle reference to 'their' anti-semitism.