GREGORY BATTCOCK
BRIGID POLK
dance
the Cafe Deja Vu and she used her answering service. Of coune
to do little scenes there. Yes, she we used to call Polly. And we'd
used to do little seenes at the say, "Polly, where's Jill?" and
Cafe Deja Vu. And she liked Polly was very elusive over the
Dickens, so she used to do things telephone. She wasn't so elusiver
from Dickens And nobody in person of course. She wasn't
could actually get over itso elusive with Jill as a matter of
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Somebody once asked me if
eot molested by my fans every
time 1 went out yes I yam buster
except when I yam incog neato
which David says is when I look
the way I should and not the
way I do. Gregory said that
George heard from Les about
how everybody that's attracted
to me is oversexed. I wonder if
that includes the man from the
Singer Company who came to
fix the machine that broke
because Ann spilt V-8 juice into
the mechanical part and he said
what's wrong and I said 1 didn't
do nothin and nothin is allowed
so I'm calling the cops and he
got isassoutahere une, deux,
trois lickety-split. So no machine
except Ann knows this here red
blooded American injun who
lives above or below and named
fact. But we dont know if that's
because her favorite thing was to
do her monologue from David still going. And as a matter of
Copperfield. And everybody fact, I think it was Polly who
thought "how clever Jill introduced Jill to Dickens or
Johnston was to do David Dickens to Jill. Anyway Polly's
Copperfield." And she'd have working for the Lexington
her friends sitting there with a Typewriter and Training Co. It's
on 23rd St., on the east side.
You can catch her in there
cello, and she'd have somebody
else there with a flute and
somebody with an Oboe. Now
they won't talk to her anymore
maybe from twelve to seven.
Well Polly used to be a
because they think she's gottenwaitress at Brownies and that's
where Jill met Polly because Jill
back to the Cafe Deja Vu just wouldn't eat dead food.
anymore. And she just denies You know. ld have to eat
She won't gowh
very, well..
that she ever ever ever read
Dickens, let alone David food that would regenerate life.
Copperfield. But I remember Jill She was very big on that. She
carry ing Harpers Bazaar and would have to have raw
Websters Seventh New Collegiate vegetables. She wouldn't drink
Dictionary completely new for milk because it forms mucous
school home and office. And and Polly gave her lots of
she'd quote you right from the literature on all these foods that
dictionary, right from the regenerated all the cells and all
dictionary anything you wanted the different things that you had
to know. She'd open the to eat. I mean Jill just went
erazy and Polly was just there. I
Harvey and he dries the machine
with a towel while I looked the
other way. Thinking to write
this letter to whom it may
concern butI don't know the
address except David said I
should mail it to the lost and
found which is where Gregory
said he found somebody's
virginity Gregory's brilliant but
he's loosing his hair. Whv
doesn't he try the lost and
found. Having a hamburger with
mayonaise with Les at Max's and
this chick sneaks over from Brigid Polk
dictionary and she'd tell you. Of)
coune she happened to like mean she was just wonderful.
Bazaar much better than she And the two of them you
just You never saw a happier
liked Vogue. Vogue was a cogpic
buuk, That was in the old days couple. It was wonderful. And I
though. I h aven't seen herguess that must have explained
recently.Isaw her do athe signature inside the New
Collegiate Dictionary. But now
commercial on T.V. for these i
mixed tissues. You know, the you don't see them together
kind with the four different anymore. You don't see Jill and
behind and whispers something opposite me with nothing to and wholl hold the door open colors I said, "What is Jillyou dont see Polly, And of
Johnston doing on T.V. doing course you don't see too much
like are you Elizabeth Shaw or glare at exeept me, do I know for me when I get into the car
Whore or Hartwick and I said to you I said. No, I'm not really and will Gregory kiss me? John
Les what did you call me I'm no famous she declares. Shucks. made up a list of who shouldn't
of David or Gregory. And they
would always give us the news of
Kleenex commercials? If they
were Kleenex?" I'm not surew
whore I'm an artist and you can Too bad. At 42nd St. she gets be invited and it includes since Little Lulu did Kleenex Jill. But now you call up that
commercials first. Well, I just answering service and you don't
keep your Chinese Canadian out of both my life and the Gregory, David and Susan.
Catholic opinions to your new subway. What was it Gregory Who's left? Deborah, Ira and
rotick cricket friends. In the
meantime the chick henceforth remember. Doesn't matter. Not Somebody dressed in red who
couldn't believe it was Jillget any answer at all.
Johnston, I couldn't believe it.
So I called up the Cello player,
went to the airport last
week to watch all the planes
said about 42nd St.? Can't Aunt Angela, Hmmm. Good.
known as Madame Super Active there any more. At 34th St. looks like the archibishop said and the Oboe and the Flute come in and go out and it sort of
reminded me of all those
Thyroid reveals that she had some oaf reading the Voice we'd desegregate the place. player and I said, "ls that Jill
seen me in D'Agostino's with smashes into me, people who Cookies are red/Gregory Johnston? The same Jillcrosstown busses in a way. In a
very strange way! And looking
at all the neon lights and picking
up fan magazines and reading al
these different gosspi columns.
People saying good-bye to their
loved ones over the holidays,
and people coming in to meet
their loved ones and I saw a
Cello and it wasn't the cello
Andy and assumed I must be read the Voice act like they're poo/how can I be sure/that IJohnston from the Cate Deja Vu
somebody after all, well I'm not. wearing blinders I opinionated, love you'? Won't do. Saw Paul
Nobody knows who I am except but then I'm not getting Morrisey's movie entitled Copperfield? and they said,
myself and one or two others anyplace either. If people whoTrash" and it's going to be a that's Jill Johnston" and I said,
including the gas station are rushing about aren't going big hit, says Gregory who also"My God, she's dyed her hair."
attendant at the Sinfull station anyplace, wonder if people says that Morrisey should try would have never recognised her.
in North Salem who has a cute
ass. Must remember to tell my
newly intended except even the later. Miss, where are the drapes? or more profound, and not
best intentions get forgotton. Fancy fruits and vegetables inbetween. He also said that off But then we used to ride taxi's
Waiter, fillerup and check the dearie. No honey, drapes not stage shooting directions that together also. I don't know, but
oil, Three Dimensional Man, a
can of beans and how's the wife? drapes, California drapes or ased more economically and
that use d to do David
I
But it's very funny how you ride
who aren't going anyplace are harder to get the people in the
really getting there? Figger it out movie to be either more stupid the bus with somebody and you
don't know them years later
player and it just brought back
all these memories of the Cafe
she would be carrying around ,
these mannequins with pins and Brownies, and all the milk
Deja Vu, and David Copperfield
grapes. Custom drapes, sale appear in the film should be
Where's the ladies room sir not ordinary drapes dearie? Skin it.used in such a way that they stuck in them and writine that formed the mucous and
Collegiate Dietionary completely
new for school home and oftfice.
It's the most complete. Most up
to date. New from cover to
Webster'ss Seventh New
hete. I should never go to Macy'sThey're probably sour. Ann's compliment the narrative and people's names on them with
nor anyplace else really but I
promised Ann's Aunt Angela l'd Right now I'm reading In movies and in fantasy and in
pick up some curtains and
dragged myself to the BTM-IRD
expresso, stop for a little
bourbon on ice at the Academy
of Americana, sory lady. no
ladies allowed in pants so off
magie markers and panhandling
just to get forty-nine cents to
aunt Angela can get her own. not distract from it. Good idea
something somebody like deed, everything should count, buy a felt tip pen so she couldi
write on your cast you know, if
chic but incomprehensible, just not one not two, not three, and you had a broken arm or a
letter, Clytemnestra and the 1not Gregory either since what broken leg. Jill was crazy, she
Ching that John gave me years doesn't count are his imitations used to carry around with her
cover. It's the only one based on
the unabridged Webster's third
new International Dictionary
The finest in English Languages
authority ever since 1847, the
leading name in dictionaries
Completely new edition A
Miriam Webster. Completely
Annette sent me from Paris, very that's right, that's what I said,
ifty hangers, and a half packed
suit-case just because she didn't
know where she was staying
from one minute to the next. I
I remember Jill Johnston don' know how she carried all
ago when I was receiving things. of Jill cum Gregory cum
they come and everybody stares not any more, not giving Gregory cum Gregory
ow can I have my drink? You anything either except my hand
can tell they hate me. Upon the
scene arrives two suckling pigs in
uniform O.K lady whaddaya
think ya doing Nothing. I'm
going and I get out, down to the
subway and didn't leave no tip
This chick seems to be sitting
It goes to Gregory. Who's giving BRIGID POLK
me away, I'll ask Brigid. Gregory
thinks the nup-duals should be from the old days. We used to these things around with her, the
at St. Patrick's but 1 wanna
know if we're getting separate and we used to get off at the didn't see Jill much. She got this
rooms at the hotel in Brazil Tompkins Square Library Jillanswering service and nobody
where we go to consumemate had an apartment next door to saw her, 1 mean vou had to
new edition. Well what with
Christmas gone and the holidays
such a let down. Thanksgiving
comes and then Christmas comes
ride the Crosstown bus together dictionary, Bazaar; and then we
and you let down of courrse
