{"id":98791,"date":"2016-06-01T16:04:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T20:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=98791"},"modified":"2016-06-01T16:23:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T20:23:37","slug":"paris-by-moonlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/01\/paris-by-moonlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris by Moonlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_98792\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1280px-outdoor_cinema_2_montmartre_paris_august_2012.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98792\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98792\" class=\"wp-image-98792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1280px-outdoor_cinema_2_montmartre_paris_august_2012-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"1280px-Outdoor_cinema_2,_Montmartre,_Paris_August_2012\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1280px-outdoor_cinema_2_montmartre_paris_august_2012-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1280px-outdoor_cinema_2_montmartre_paris_august_2012-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1280px-outdoor_cinema_2_montmartre_paris_august_2012-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1280px-outdoor_cinema_2_montmartre_paris_august_2012.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-98792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paris by moonlight.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Mary Ruefle\u2019s poem \u201cParis by Moonlight\u201d appeared in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/back-issues\/176\" target=\"_blank\">Spring 2006 issue<\/a>. Her latest collection is <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wavepoetry.com\/products\/trances-of-the-blast\" target=\"_blank\">Trances of the\u00a0Blast<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Oh my god, it\u2019s Paris by moonlight<br \/>Even the trees are drunk and walking<br \/>A single pink slipper floats down the Seine<br \/>What kind of trees are those?<br \/>Those are trees in Paris by moonlight<br \/>And what size is her slipper?<br \/>It is the exact size of the sole <br \/>We ate in the little restaurant an hour ago<br \/>Under the trees in Paris by moonlight<br \/>There is no end to our painlessness<br \/>The trees will never find it<br \/>The slipper never reach it<br \/>Morning after morning the smell of coffee<br \/>Makes them nauseous<br \/>While we go on painlessly in Paris<br \/>Barefoot and swaggering<br \/>Our aluminum heads in the moon glow so<br \/>We are like an advertisement<br \/>For those who will come after us<br \/>Anyone can see without French<br \/>They should just stay in bed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Ruefle\u2019s poem \u201cParis by Moonlight\u201d appeared in our Spring 2006 issue. 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