Wet Paris by Eileen Myles

I found this poem in 2023 on a museum pamphlet in Paris and for the life of me can’t find it published anywhere else! (I’ve linked a different Paris Poem by Myles) here is the poem incase the image quality is too low. My favorite part, “I’ve missed the whole brouhaha about conceptualism because I am sleepless & corny isn’t that enough”

a little dog

afraid of lightning

stands up to speak

hey MUTT

be brave

I felt an

empty spot

with all the

men standing

outside the

bookstore

Notre Dame

never was

so brave

and the river

have you ever

been here

before. Yes

I was when

I was a

kid

wasn’t Paris

just a man

who loved

a woman

too much

that’s how

the story goes

I am starving

& the traffic is slow. I’ve

missed the whole

brouhaha

about concept

ualism

because

I am sleepless

& corny

isn’t that

enough

must I lay

down my

heart

I brought

my chalice

up right to

the fountain

hi Alice

and I drank.