Erik and Suzanne a Dada piece
(for Erik Satie, composer and Suzanne Valadon, painter)
Their eyes crossed in Chat Noir Black Cat
Medusa’s snare? or menus for childish purposes
Did she invite him to her room? in riding habit
Veritable flabby preludes pour un chien for a dog
Their eyes met la belle excentrique eccentric beauty
Chapters turned every which way she who talks too little
Carrier of big stones this was before the Great War
Little beginning of the day march of the grand staircase
All that happened in another world
The Great War came and went Erik alone after-hours café
Suzanne entered the Black Cat gone
Rain so heavy the Seine overflowed water seeping everywhere
Apparitions through the window did it happen? why remember it all?
3 distinguished waltzes of the disabused affected man
Lilliputian waltzes his waist his pince-nez his legs
3 pieces in the form of a pear Suzanne’s stare
Medusa’s snare? why remember it all?
3 next-to-last thoughts Erik still shy in his youth
Desiccated embryos the uninformed call them cucumbers
Sessile eyes without stalks immobile awakening the bride
Paper fugue blind man’s buff apparitions through the window
Suzanne leaves even the moon no words only glances Erik remains alone