Come dear great soul

You are being called

You are being awaited


What do you think of me

You are more than beautiful


Manon of the City

How beautiful you are


Did you bring me to this hotel

For a reason


My reason is that

I want to totally posses you


You have a tattoo

What does it say

As I cannot read it

In the half light

Of this Paris afternoon


Come dear great soul

You are being called

You are being awaited


You look confused

I am confused

What is the meaning

Of your mysterious tattoo


It was an invitation

From the poet

Paul Verlaine


He had recently read

A number of Rimbaud’s poems

And had invited him

To this very hotel


The rest is history


You seem fascinated

I do have a reason

As I am distantly

Related to the Rimbaud family


I share a similar blood


What are you doing


I am recording my seduction


As never in a lifetime

Would I have believed

That a humble waiter

Would be sharing his bed

With such a beautiful woman

Who shares the blood

Of an extraordinary poet