Paris Review

I want to publish this in the Paris Review.

MontmartRe

Henri de Toulouse-LAutrec.

Born in the Pyrenees of France.

You were the firstborn,

and studied Degas and Manet.

Descendant of aristocracy,

the counts, and cousins were

your parents.

Producing a man small of stature,

prolific in nature,

and nouveau was never the same.

"Le vieux con!"

You were not an old fool,

in my eyes.

By Gisella Perezarce
Copyright 2009