(Stuart 1983)
James ascribed sitting
For Sargent wouldn't
Convey a
Basement seat,
-First brush, prep school clean
-Largesse, smelling of
-Freshly mowed
-Soccer fields;
More storage room, paint
Cans, canvases, an
Easel, cups,
Piled papers,
-Blue swept out, Cape Cod
-Barometric high,
-Salt water
-Wake surfer;
Two draws, two exhales,
Made distinctions clear
In your head,
In your mouth,
-Subliminal, if
-Fingers led skin to
-Skin, nothing
-From your mouth;
'Hold,' always, 'Hold,' or
'Give it up,' stretched back,
Prepared for
Coverage,
-Nair™ on subterfuge
-Accreted blush tones
-On jock's strapped
-Testament;
Sentiments proudly
Commandeered in time,
Disbelief
Bunkered sides,
-Drank in starched, ironed
-Cotton left to ride
-Daredevil
-Bike's freefall;
Shirt's a shirt, hiked, tucked,
Have to wear something
More formal
Than t-shirt,
-'Streetcar,' or 'Rebel,'
-Confrontational,
-Brando, or
-James Dean, T's;
Okay for gym class
As a kid when school
Issued, or
Weekend sports,
-Compositional
-Weakness courted if
-Yellows, blues
-Unaffirmed;
Dermatologist,
Doctor, dentist, home,
Cross-country,
Tomorrow,
-Dark brown, gold, corn floss,
-Carded tendrils, brushed
-Furrowless,
-Pale forehead;
Told I should read more,
Look at art, chalk up
Failures to
Rushing things
-Pushing swings into
-Blue contrivance, sky's
-The limit
-When boxed in;
Pugilist prowess
Theoretical,
Contact plays
On team sports,
-Fixed exhortation
-Categorical:
-Wordless, speaks
-For someone.
4 September 2018
