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The last time I met Spence
Was at one of Nina’s stately affairs,
Amongst people leaning ‘gainst pockmarked walls
In the style of a French Impressionist.
He turned to me, and said offhandedly,
“How long until one of them fucks it up?”
Bearing, then, a vague resemblance
To a portrait of Heracles.

And I said
With listless intonation,
“All your life
Unbridled and freewheeling…
But for you
To draw such a sharp divide,
Between your past and the artist life….”

And he replied,
“For this you must barter—
Just look at those men flailing round with bravado,”
And I caught wind
Of a mnemonic impression
Of a man (still the portrait of Heracles)
It was neither
Saturated nor angular
Anymore
And I said, "Look out the window,"
For the snow had started falling….

In that Egyptian boudoir
We saw the sky in a side-view mirror;
Saw that Spence—by then my foil and confidant—
Was struck the same way as I was.

We were ushering in January ’06,
When I gave Nina the ransom bid,
Said, “You know you’re twice as brilliant?”
Knowing well that under Debussian skies
Spence and I would brave that fire.

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from The Portrait of Heracles / The Silver Chain / How Could You Not See the Light?, released June 24, 2020

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