Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/the IDES of MARCH, No. 4: Last word

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/the IDES of March, No. 4:  Last Word


(Co-written with BLIND BILL who lives/with FI-fi, in an AIRSTREAM trailer just East of EL PASO which is in TEXAS

"Last Word"

I don't know.
I don't know.
WE don't know.
GOD doesn't know.
(It's true)

Do YOU know?
Do you know?
WE don't know.

Do you know
the way to RENO?

Frick it!
JUST DRIVE.



c 2014/davedelacroix/blind bill/piacenza-italia

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/the IDES of MARCH, No. 3: "D.B.COOPER"

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/the IDES of MARCH No. 3: "D.B.COOPER"


"JEEZE, LADS!? -Big problem with dat Parachute and all dem money bags? Figured I'd spread some of dat "lucre" around for the local gals/clowns; and  like confetti at a Shotgun wedding, a sack of BEN FRANKLINS fluttered to the ground. And it was quick thinking at 4,000 feet: Ya had to BE THERE. -No "Heli-pad", no nuttin'; bloody FORESTS. Dem F.B.I. Barnies? Yup. I knew they'd be on my trail. But have you ever seen a BOB-CAT wave its tail?
20 years later, Miami Beach, sittimng by the pool with Floosie "JO-ANNE-LEE; she exclaimes: "YO!!! D.B.!!"
"DON'T call me "D.B"!!!" I scream.
"O.K. "ARNOLD"; she corrects herself. "...Catch a LOAD on dee M.T.V. - Bank notes discovered on river sand bank, etc., etc., D. B. COOPER-MILLION DOLLAR airline heist!... Money's showing UP on river banks!!!?"
I SQUEEZE myself a new Martini, EXTRA DRY.
"Jeeze, Lads!?" says I; ..."As you up-state locals appear to be "in the money?.. Maybe I'll pop up there someday and have a brewski with the Boys!?..."

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/the IDES of March, No. 2: "Neptunes Net."

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/the IDES of MARCH, No. 2:  "Neptunes Net"


Up by "Neptunes Net"
(Malibu fish restaurant)
a Cow with a suckling Calf
were catching a Wave.
A sight?
Who cares:
In California-expectant-everything...
and ALL the rest dat you don't need?

Big Wednesday
only come once in a while.
When they DO, just do it;
the rest is easy.
Nice Curl.
Cow and Calf?

There's a shadow in your wave.
I see it.
Is it Me or is it You!?
Later.
I stand like Hercules
...on Pacific Coast Highway.


c 2014/davedelacroix/lord borgo/piacenza-Italia

Our Man in Europe/the IDES of March, No. 1: LOUIS THALBERG...

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/the IDES of March, No. 1:  LOUIS THALBERG...


FAY-RAY and the Gorilla (King-kong) were a big problem. FAY gave me - and LOUIS THALBERG: movie producer -  some headaches, but the boys in the "Gorilla" department sorted it out. -But let's FAST FORWARD: The "Chariot Race" in BEN-HUR was a logistic nightmare! We instructed the (cast of thousands) EXTRAS to hail: "BEN-Whatsit!!!" and the English "extras"/people, hailed: "IS IT TEA TIME!???" Later; post production/DUBB-CITY. No problem. But it cost us a fortune!
Closer to NOW? -"JAWS!" -Sharks have THREE Talent Agents and desire a grand buffet, usually consisting of Fish products. If you are in the BIZ? -smell your skin.
ALIENS? (Frickin Aliens!?) THEY are the worst. NO Talent Agents whatsoever; and they INSIST on 1st. Class, Inter-Stellar travel Coupons!!!?
Since then? TIM BURTON and his ilk (Johnny Depp) actually think THIS GIG is "fantasy"? WOTCHA GONNA-DO?
Louis Thalberg? Where have you gone!? Where HAVE you gone, Louis Thalberg?...:)

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/BAD TOURIST, No. 19: "F. Scott and Zelda".

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/BAD TOURIST, No. 19:  "F. Scott and Zelda."


GO to sleep, my lovely?
Mostly, ya a' pain in the Ass.
What is the season U ask?
-Frickin' MONSOON.
And between me and U
we are barred
from ALL the local bars.

GO to sleep, my lovely.
There's a War in the wind.
Do we tell our friends
or blindly march into the jaws
of Auschwitz?
It's not the foggy-dew
that shines the buckles
on your Gabardine.

GO to sleep, my lovely;
inherent memories shape
the soul that now
peacefully slumbers, whilst I
- stark nite! -
sit and think alone.

Sleep gently, my lovely.
I'll fix tomorrow's Martinis.
Broadway and W. 42nd st.
never looked so good
in the East coast light;
isn't THAT why we bought
this sad apartment?



c 2014/dave delacroix/3 fractured ribs, but loving F. Scott, Zelda, and all our Nemesis!...:)

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/BAD TOURIST, No. 18: "Rebecca Z."

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/BAD TOURIST, No. 18:  "Rebecca Z."


Rebecca Z. showed up at the HOTEL DAVE (big skylight-NO dental plan), fast from incendiary experiences at - TWO that I know about? - ISRAELI Kibbutz establishments,  all managed (oddly?) by old guys named "MO."

Coming from thee "de-militarized zone" it was "de rigeur": Body search. And she immediately left me bereft of ANY conception I ever had of owning an UZI (gun-thingy) unless, of course, I sired a son (called SUE?), or some gal (U-figure - wake up! - get the rest?), etc: Romance, outta dah window!

Rebecca Z.? I met her in DES MOINE, Iowa, USA, years ago: Nightclub, floor-dance thingy? We caught each other's eye.

THE SIX DAY WAR? -Tell me about it!... When she left the HOTEL DAVE (new skylight/NO big screen TV) I made sure her documents, petticoat and pink Boa (wrap) were in order.
On her way to JFK (New York). -Some Goldstein-Chase-Manhattan gonna marry her!
I got her to her plane. I kissed her cheeks and wished her well.

Sweet Rebecca Z.


c 2014/dave delacroix/piacenza-Italia

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/BAD TOURIST, No. 17: DON'T COOK AND DRIVE!

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/BAD TOURIST, No. 17:  DON'T COOK and DRIVE!

Never - ever!- cook when "inebriated".
THIS would be my advice?
TRASHED!? -all the Cooker buttons,
gadgets, widgets, twirly-thingies (knobs?)
get BLURRED
and U burn the whole HOUSE down.

This has happened to me,
... and I'm a Professional.

The HOTEL DAVE, incidentally;
normally, €65 per nite/big screen TV;
for the NEXT 6 weeks,
will be operating at €10 per nite/NO big screen TV
but with an "added"  skylight, adjacent "Sun-roof "
at no additional cost...:)  


c 2014/dave delacroix/lord borgo/piacenza-italia.