Trafika Europe 8 - Romanian Holiday

T.O. BOBE

he rolls down their thighs, and

with the zipper smarting between his teeth, he lets the paleness of their skin stir the night to pity.

Mr. Gică never styles more than six wives a night. But what style! Logarhythmic shells in all the colors of the rainbow. Pagodas in stacks of dreams. Towers that see loneliness through a telescope. 2 The world’s most complicated hairstyles come from Mr. Gică.

The most naked most pale

most shining wives of tenors and soccer players sit at night in the chairs of the clandestine hairdresser.

Around their hair floats the sticky scent

2  cf. “Looking through a Telescope Backwards.”

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