Jack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK 45 French Mussels She ran away With a fireman In a Volkswagen van Red and tan California Gypsy-girl He lived South-of-Market then Shot high-contrast black-and-white photos For group shows In small side-street galleries And wore black leather with white silk shirts From Hong Kong She and her fireman came For a late meal Of mussels from a market on 24th Street Steamed in white wine with butter and thyme The mussels opened Revealing the soft double-lipped Peach-hued bivalve within Rimmed with dark flesh Like an outline drawn by a soft brown pencil Making an exclamation point In the morning they were gone Leaving only a lingering taste Of briny mussels And sweet white wineJack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK 46Jim Stewart Keyhole Studios: Men South of Market Photos by Jim Stewart 1977: model Michael Monroe, announcement for photo show at the Ambush Bar, 1351 Harrison St.Next >