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Obi the Beatnik

When Obilot got to NYC, the B's pirate friend presented her with the latest treasure booty, this time from Paris. A hoard of rare books, all "en français." Reminded of Audrey Hepburn in "Funny Face," Obi put on her glasses and spent the evening immersed in poetry. As Patti Smith says, "Go Rimbaud, go daddy go!"

Buvez ! Quand la lumière arrive intense et folle,
Fouillant à vos côtés les luxes ruisselants,
Vous n'allez pas baver, sans geste, sans parole,
Dans vos verres, les yeux perdus aux lointains blancs?
(A. Rimbaud, "L'orgie parisienne")

Drink up! When daylight comes vibrant and mad
To rummage at your side through the riches as they flow
Will you not be slobbering--- stirring not, speaking not---
Into your drinks, your eyes lost in blank distance?


(grateful thanks for the translation to M.A. Gabrieli)
(more grateful thanks to gaffer, lighting designer, and "best boy" Pirate Peter P)

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