Elsa, Stick Your Finger In The Pie

Elsa, the court is plagued by etiquette.
Class mobility takes root. The Orient
edges in through seams and fabrics,
dress lines and dress coats. Chinoiserie
decorated walls and furniture, the
true gentleman and individual
responsibilities. Heat foments and
scumbles continents. Weather turns seeds
and pink patterns, brings hints of Mississippi
gold and quite real colonial produce. The
company of the Indies requires
almost unlimited capital.
Elsa, stick your finger in the pie.
Trade and speculation on overdrive.






From elsa: an unauthorized autobiography (Black Radish Books, 2017). All rights reserved. Reprinted with the permission of the author.