Words beyond light.(Special Poetry Feature)(Poem)

The Literary Review | January 1, 2005| | Copyright

take my hand

in April 1930 Marlene Dietrich arrived in America soon she was staring at a chalked sign saying North Africa while Josef von Sternberg fiddled with gels and gauzes and the whole studio was called in to help her say I don't need any, help this is the opening shot of Morocco on the Paramount lot Dietrich floats down on Hollywood in a dress like jessamine all late afternoon and flawless embouchure in a moment someone will be charmed at that height: me, I just want to waltz with you in the Sleepless City a few months earlier in Manhattan the young Andalusian ...

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