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Canto XIII

Canto XIII

 

Wisse das Bild

 

            I have no center

and spend five

minutes

trying to figure out how

that could be

            the Prada models

look like mannequins

how do they do that

meanwhile my analyst

            keeps arguing with me

as though I were

disputing the facts

of the universe

or the Dior models’ teeth

that look like steel

like Jaws from Live

            and Let Die

there is a moon

a sun and stars

            how do they do

the Vuitton models’ bosom

            bulges?

“Why do you think they

exist?”              I don’t think

“I don’t believe they made

any sacrifices on your behalf”

the Saks ad shows

            motion so seductively

leopard skin and lace

shadowed by black umbrellas

like celestial bodies that won’t obey

foolish whims set forth

by some god

or Dolce & Gabbana dead in fur

or so like death except for hands

            set to hip

and ear             contra post:

the music of the spheres lies

down on the couch for an extended

            measure

distaff

Max Mara spread eagled on red

leather with lace-up knee boots

against blue velvet backdrop

Can therapists give up the ghost

            and laugh a little?

“Center yourself on humor”

exposed in melancholia or self

absorption

            as Avedon sd/ he held

a negative of his sister on his

skin and sun tanned her

onto his shoulder

Self-denial

“I don’t think self plays a part

in this”

            Mert & Marcus sheen

over skin as fake as Photoshop

can’t massage

            can’t leech the oomph

from Omphallos

(Have you seen the sale

catalog in the lobby?)

            bandits hide under

the Chateau de Vauvert

 

Wird euch langsam

            namenlos im Munde?

 

Armani mania grips all

            though her eyes laugh

adoringly at the One on her left

Diet Tricks of TV Starlets

--buried somewhere in the Garden

of Eternal Faith

            Behold the Stern

Reckless Officious Pronoun:

Her Yurman pearls dangle

as a trinity of perfection

three big bangs dabbling

            with a pendant

--I am not one of the master

            race            no center

to me                core values

            flow

Kenneth Cole marks the body

out with black drapery

            Cole Haan hangs without

I haven’t got the grist

for the mill            haven’t sunk

to that depth

            Eileen Fisher in chenille

my redwoods are broken

my oak has uprooted

            Ellen Tracy in cashmere

I haven’t lifted a finger

I’ve lost my nostalgic island charm

            Jil Sander in tweed

my analyst sets up the ambush

her musketeers hide

            within her sacred grove

her caviar            my champagne

her pistols            my Fujifilm

waving banners

            my analyst approaches

and the birches give

                        way

 

so nehmen oft Spiegel das heilig

einzige Lächeln der Mädchen in sich

 

the Thriller episode that terrified

me when I was four

            murderers hiding behind mirrors

within mirrors

the world of murderers

            who see themselves everyday

and fix their hair or shave

or make up

            Audrey Hepburn            “What does

she see?”             Piaget?             Sapphires?

Tiffany windows reflect sharply

            Burmese jade and tiger-eye

and amethyst

compasses watches crumbers

            and unicorn horn

                        polished perfect

                                    cut to cross-sections

to necklace

to mask the blush

rising from chest

to face

Martinis launched

the symphony erect

dazzling crowds

            Lincoln Center

Babylon

            bedtime

war im Silber-Spiegel und in ihr

 

 

 

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