Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Varsity Venues



Varsity Venues
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Lana Turner
Barbara Hutton’s Boyfriends
Banal Hotel Rooms
Athenaeum Trans-European
Academy Awards
La Place Vendome
Intimate Memoirs
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Lana Turner

“a Cinderella story”
—John Wieners,
“A Living Legend’s
Intimate Memoirs,”
Behind the State Capitol

she’s not the same lana turner—
she was yesterday when she was
in control of her so-called life

there was lots of competition—
betty grable, rita hayworth and
the whole valentino company

she didn’t have a chance-
it was all up in the air with
nothing to recommend style

Barbara Hutton’s Boyfriends

“and imagine a world”
—John Wieners,
“Physical Wanting,”
Behind the State Capitol

distracting sex and—
immaculate conceptions
conceived in error

pseudo innuendos—
enfant terrible pearls
inlaid cross-eyed regency

hardened barbara hutton—
another pink flamingo getting
stuffed up her pink twat

Banal Hotel Rooms

“banal hotel sitting
room in New York”
—John Wieners,
“Physical Wanting,”
Behind the State Capitol

she was terribly selfish—
she wrote checks to pay for
even a smidgen of attention

so many tacky hotels—
since then illuminating her
single figure in the window

gay flamingo road—
back then on chimes street
delta douchebag diva

Athenaeum Trans-European

“Dresden classic Elgin
refuted novena garb”
—John Wieners,
“Dead Poets of Queer Poems,”
Behind the State Capitol

commencement exercises—
inhibited her hangover so
she skipped it, ho-hum

somehow fucking it up—
making the mistake of graduating
much too soon, my dear

she lied to her sugar daddy—
confessing str8t blind ignorance
her baccalaureate much too gay

Academy Awards

“feverishly over
forty years”
—John Wieners,
“To Ross,” Behind
the State Capitol

her career washed up—
even before she started secretly
descending sunset blvd staircase

not even hollywood—
set designers for istanbul
could help her out very much

an academy award or two—
savoy rensall her chic pet
chicken-in-the-basket boyz

La Place Vendome

“I traveled fast”—
—John Wieners,
“To Roses,” Behind
the State Capitol

big shots, racketeers—
chanteuses off broadway
maxie’s, sardi’s, barney’s

grand hotel ho hum—
le belvedere gardens, sedans
sweeping her around town

it got to be so tres boring—
barbara hutton told her that’s
just the way it is after 7 husbands

Intimate Memoirs

“soap, spirits
and sabotage”
—John Wieners,
“A Living Legend’s
Intimate Memoirs,”
Behind the State Capitol

she finds reenactments—
certainly entertaining dears
sanctifying sat night hotties

there is no use being contrite—
racially different homo sapien sex
the things that hold back love

buenos aires bedevilment—
mahogany rio beach boy allure
implying lana knows best

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