Vendôme

True scholars prefer the clandestine accommodations of secluded chateaux to the ostentatious finance and interlocking corporate consortium They indulge in ambrosia-glazed idols in a Bayreuth opera house And vials with oil of brazilwood, distilled Amazon dew, creme de Java  And I could fill the days with flame-kissed roses, powdered saltwater pearls, essence of lilac---  half-heartedly allude to commentaries that blend in with volumes of Penrose's crowds Revert disillusioned nebulous eyes mine into an exhilarating rhinestone gleam:  "to let the warm light in!"