Irma In a Buzz-jolt of Tarok and cigars, he is Irked when his Junior remarks “She is better, but not quite Well.” Neurotic Paralysis of the female sex, Common enough in these parts. He writes up her Case history that evening. Then He meets her in a Dream – where, as Unbidden Presence at his Wife’s birthday party, She complains of Dreadful throat pains. He Takes her aside. “It’s really only your Fault if you’re still Suffering, Gnädige Frau.” Alarmed at how Pale and puffy she looks, he Escorts her to the light at the Window. Can’t get her Mouth open. Typical Recalcitrance of Women with dentures. Her Jaw slackens. He is Stunned at the sight of Turbinal nose bones Spreading like Stubble-flecked Mildew on the Right side of her Oral cavity. His Junior assures him “there is no Infection, but the toxin will be Eliminated.” They confer, agreeing on the Careful application of der Spritzer, a Squirt-needle that will ease her Affliction. He is Perplexed: These are not her Symptoms, and No way is she Stand-in for patients with Choking hysteria. He Settles on Wish fulfilment by proxy in Dreams. ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2026
She needs full Coitus to Unfreeze her. Twenty-eight years pass. Dirty, Cylindrical Delivery of Nicotine and Tar prompts Cancerous patches to Appear on the right Anterior Palate. Ten years of Thirty surgeries to Excise Pallid-grey, Nipple-spike Leukoplakia, Creating an Open Sightline from Mouth-gape to Turbinal bone in the Nasal cavity. Now he uses a Crude prosthetic to Talk and eat. Often Lockjawed and in Constant agony, he Seeks the Coup de grâce Gnadenschuss, which Arrives in Hampstead in 1939 - At the Head of a Sterilized Squirt-needle. ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2026
©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2008 Monochrome photo of a Modernist frieze at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in relation to the tragic muse, Melpomene. In the top-right corner of the image is the severed head of Medusa with her mouth wide open in a scream.
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