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margaret shows henry the met (cartoon1)
you shouldn't have given me such a gift - h says
we are here
to find ourselves
know our selves - m says
which is better - h asks
the former or the
latter?
virtue & sweet death - says m
& ectoplasm? h mutters smiling his child smile
that too m assures him
there are horrors
in bklyn
in queens
awkward moments
that only a gift giver can solve
fra angelico playing second fiddle
van gogh showing his muscles
exiled dreamers
good gifts
bad gifts & sweet
death
when i'm alone h says
i have no one to talk to but myself
or the occasional stranger
when with you
we argue over the time & space
in which one speaks
exists
it depends always on the needs of the "Other"
- m gently tells him
speaking actually about her own selfish needs
foreign languages
are our emotions she softly kicks him
in the thigh
like she would a pestering dog
mumbling remembering memling @ the frick
earlier that afternoon
centuries of portraits
hard lines
cameos
drawings
the pomposity & religiosity of
prague implanted w/stone
fragments
hands
images
space
we fight for space -m says quietly
we viciously fight but the windmills never topple
will never topple
violent pieces of scrap voices
topple
topples
a soul(s) donor
a short list of color
the thought only counts if you mean it m tells h
h wanders off in his mind
his sad eyes fixed hazily on the speck of light
darting out of an imaginary
landscape. memling @ the frick
memling's subjects always
placed their hands at the edge of the canvas
like a frame w/in a frame
a brown balcony
sometimes one atop the other
sometimes holding a scrap of paper
that seemed out of proportion w/the rest of the canvas
&
once what looked like a folded black fan
ghosts
brows
style wit
postures
without shape or plan
relaxed
as long as memory continues
to relax
reshape
it self.
dalachinsky nyc @ frick & @ met 12/07/05 & @ home
12/08/05
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