Three Tahitians, Paul Gauguin.
Up
stairs
cheek
flushed
black
muscle
strong!
Down
stairs
pale
blue
March
rot’ry
dials
Base-
ment
acrylic,
rouge
band
plays
loud.
East
in
silk,
merc’ry
drop
slows
blood;
West:
new
mother’s
warm
sheet
steels
child.