Saturday, July 9, 2011

Minding the Halo


Tarmac glitters beneath the rigged lights:


the cordoned off route hosed down,


hrs earlier than the sun tops Boulevard de Stalingrad.


Action Saint's gleaming white XJ-S roars along


the Quai de Lunel, electric power-slides into Port of Wonderful,


he's out, leaps aboard a yacht Corsica-bound Lower.


A wrap for his double and stunt driver. In a garage


off Rue de Foresta, I am re-blacking the extra fat tyres,


waxing its countless bonnet, its wings. The tilt and slide


sunroof's a godsend for our lights cameraman.


Should certainly the wind take Saint's halo, it'll drop softly


onto the back again seat, with the fading Fracas


of his leggy American co-star. I test it for dimension


on the purple-flowered mountain road to Eze,


delivering his vehicle for the hilltop showdown.


While on a patio in Cap Ferrat, tailored by Francesco,


not a misplaced hair, he'll be heading over and above


the opening scene exactly where he talks into camera:


Oh Inspector Teal, such a pity you might be caught there


in Scotland Yard. Strive staying me: oysters this evening


with V�ronique from Wardrobe. Future month Venice.




Writer: Hancock, - Philip

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