She’d have hung her Persian flag, all upside-down tulip, over the terrace like any neglected clitoris (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, DC, 2023 after the book-signing)

If not for her being trapped in the cheap seats Lying to her new friends about it all

She looks totally Persian, but man, she, she is pure Mongol (Nick Cave concert, DC, 2023)

she’ll rip your lungs out, Jim

Upon once meeting the Queen of Persia (Nick Cave concert, DC, 2023)

After her father’s death: She had expected an uplifting She had foreseen an exaltation There had been signs There were … More