From John Hawkes’ The Baroness:
“Well, Milkmaid, how many cows have you milked this morning?”
“Five, Mein Herr,” she said. Her arms were pimpled with a curious raw color as if they had been sunburned the day before but now were cold. The girl tugged at her shawl, trying to hide the hump of her spine below the yoke. She seemed to know that I, Baroness of Savannah, of Relapse, of Blue (TMT Review) and Red (TMT Review), would miss nothing. She took the lid from one of her buckets — a steam rose from the white milk lying flat now inside — and offered me a ladleful small and thick.
“But it is still warm,” I exclaimed.
“Yes,” she laughed, “I have only now stripped it from them.” And she made a milking motion with her hands and peered up at me.
I put the wood to my lips and quickly drank down the milk still raw with the warmth of the cows that gave suck to this community. I paid her and she walked again to the road, herself sloshing like a cow. Long and carefully I wiped my mouth.
Then, having drunk of the rich countryside, I climbed behind the wheel of my car and started the engine. I leaned from the door: “Auf Wiedersehen, Milkmaid!” I put my foot on the accelerator, once, twice, and the engine rocked full throttle in several explosions of cylinders and exhaust. Smoke filled the yard. I raced the engine again and took hold of the hand brake; the pressure of the automobile filled the dashboard; vibrations possessed the automobile in all its libertine mechanization, noise, and saliency.
It was July 17. The traffic light turned both Yellow & Green.
04.25.12 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups *
04.26.12 - St. Louis, MO - Firebird *
04.27.12 - Nashville, TN - The End *
04.29.12 - Houston, TX - House of Blues #
04.30.12 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues #
05.01.12 - Austin, TX - Emo’s East #
05.03.12 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre #
05.04.12 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues #
05.05.12 - West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues #
05.06.12 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore #
05.08.12 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom #
05.09.12 - Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market #
05.11.12 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre #
05.13.12 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
05.15.12 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues #
05.16.12 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrew’s Hall #
05.17.12 - Toronto, ON - Sound Academy #
05.18.12 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts #
05.19.12 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium #
05.20.12 - Montreal, QC - Olympia de Montreal #
05.22.12 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring #
05.23.12 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 #
* Royal Thunder
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