Bud on a Pearl Nick Goulder, Spring 2021 Contents Fantasias I................................................................................................................................................ 5 The Great Metaphysician .................................................................................................................... 6 Chasing a Hoop ................................................................................................................................... 7 White Inmate ...................................................................................................................................... 9 Stories ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Maternity by Arkwasiye .................................................................................................................... 11 Cooking with Soap ............................................................................................................................ 12 Sickle Trained .................................................................................................................................... 14 Trail of Dust ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Gjirokastër Internet Café .................................................................................................................. 17 Nic – o – ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Los Potreros ...................................................................................................................................... 19 Čovečanstvo Lesson .......................................................................................................................... 21 Dolcino Ulcinj .................................................................................................................................... 22 Hripsimé, Gayané .............................................................................................................................. 23 Wearing the Trousers ....................................................................................................................... 24 Mr Twitching Fish .............................................................................................................................. 26 Kosovan Survivor ............................................................................................................................... 28 Exponential ....................................................................................................................................... 29 Foinaven Joy ...................................................................................................................................... 31 Mistah Vertigo .................................................................................................................................. 33 Hegra Alliance ................................................................................................................................... 35 Wildlife Seminar ................................................................................................................................ 36 Fantasias II............................................................................................................................................. 39 Return to the Castle .......................................................................................................................... 40 Cut at the Fulcrum ............................................................................................................................ 42 Shrunken Temple .............................................................................................................................. 44 Fragmentary Solitude ........................................................................................................................ 45 People ................................................................................................................................................... 46 Amanda ............................................................................................................................................. 47 Picking Up Olivia................................................................................................................................ 50 Thoughtful Beggar ............................................................................................................................. 51 Majemba ........................................................................................................................................... 52 Papagena Panhandler ....................................................................................................................... 53 Another of Those Girls ...................................................................................................................... 54 Lost Memory ..................................................................................................................................... 55 I, the Albatross .................................................................................................................................. 57 Soldier at Play ................................................................................................................................... 58 Fat Red Oxen ..................................................................................................................................... 59 Tribute to Bouncy ............................................................................................................................. 60 Married to a Horse ............................................................................................................................ 62 Oceanic Once Wife ............................................................................................................................ 63 Fantasias III............................................................................................................................................ 64 Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Infanzia ............................................................................................................ 65 Dedicated to Dodona ........................................................................................................................ 66 Remainers ......................................................................................................................................... 68 Orestes in Colchis .............................................................................................................................. 69 Places .................................................................................................................................................... 72 Cloudless by Lindos ........................................................................................................................... 73 Moai Rapa Nui ................................................................................................................................... 74 Lake Bohinj ........................................................................................................................................ 75 Nepal Night Sky ................................................................................................................................. 76 Burial in the East ............................................................................................................................... 77 Outsiders in Bangladesh ................................................................................................................... 78 Sicilia in Agosto ................................................................................................................................. 79 Stepy Akermańskie............................................................................................................................ 80 Faith in Destruction ........................................................................................................................... 81 Sisyphaean Snails .............................................................................................................................. 82 Truth in Jerash ................................................................................................................................... 83 But Fly a Kite ..................................................................................................................................... 84 No Other Choice ................................................................................................................................ 85 Patmos .............................................................................................................................................. 88 To Casa al Colle ................................................................................................................................. 93 Scherzando ...........................................................................................................................................