(Izhar Patkin, 1982)
Ghosts, suspended in
Recollections' veil,
Your promise
As painter,
-The narrative: two
-Holly Solomon
-Commissions,
-SoHo show;
Self-portraits revealed
Across wood stretcher,
Sceptres slick,
Turpentine,
-Crown of salt crystals,
-Hardened tears, lodged stones,
-Hospital
-I.V. drips;
Diaspora a
Porous room, vigor
Muscling at
Memories,
-Hand, eyed, circumscribed,
-Material weight
-Lifting paint,
-Atlas shrugged;
Weathered decking sides
Sandbox crossed barefoot,
An outdoor
Shower sprays,
-Against walls, shower,
-Tiles, headboards, cupped in
-White briefs, hand
-Jobs, smooth ass;
Water spreads, dripping
Between slats, pooling
Reflections
Of sea grass,
-Friend of, kid, brother,
-Guy, Puerto Rican,
-Italian,
-Norwegian;
Cottage, sea neutered,
Tans, greys; window panes,
Scene numbed, tide's
Slow retreat,
-Window washer, long
-Haul trucker, waiter,
-Fine artist,
-Grad student;
Doors ajar, sun dried
Swimsuits, towels draped on
Railings, chaise
Lounges, beach chairs,
-Mark, Anthony, Chris,
-Robert, Rick, Hector,
-Keith, Patrick,
-Phillipe, John;
White sheets tussled, pulled
Up on paired beds, wedged
Into half
Share bedrooms,
-Bronzed skin tendered, pecs,
-Abs pulled down, turning
-Paired quarter
-Moons rising;
Crystal lined, bottles
Stoppered, monogrammed
Napkins piled
With place mats,
-Citronella scent,
-Barbecue smolder,
-Sunset squeal
-Of tape deck;
Dragon headed ring
Drifts across outdoor
Pool propelled
By tail winds,
-Five guys swim suited,
-Afternoon challenge:
-Who makes the
-Biggest splash?
A pool boy, not gay,
Troubled the waters
With brush trimmed
Telepole,
-A few of last year's
-Housemates waited at
-Sayville's stop,
-Wine, breads, packed;
Refrigerator,
Emptied out, humming,
Ice maker,
Percussive,
-Wheelchairs, red wagons,
-Pushed, pulled along, canes
-Progressing
-Down boardwalk;
Phone, ignored, harangues,
Tea dance postcards hang
Around, dunes
Cast, heedless,
-They sit, contemplate
-Pool circulation,
-Divining
-Its message;
Plainchant rises, voice
Prevails, recedes, bells
Wind chimes, horns
Converging,
-Paired attendants poised,
-Anchoring elbows,
-Transfer to
-Slippered pointes;
Meat Rack matchstick flame,
Comet streak, embers
Ground out, heat
Suffusing,
-Roars of laughter, eyes,
-Sapphires, em'ralds
-Sparkling, they
-Reminisce;
Forceful hands, (behind),
Shove down, (in front), draw
Forward, hold:
Swallow; gag,
-Invade Pavilion
-Tea dance, trio donned
-Taffeta,
-Wide-brimmed hats;
Flailing arms, waistbands-
Shorts, underwear- yanked,
Hole fingered,
Spit spread, slammed,
-Sequenced sashay, boys'
-Gyrations restrained,
-Tropical
-Cocktails plied;
Blind urges spent, slipped
Off, orifice sprawled,
Spilled out, deer,
Hunters, watched,
-Seasoned disarray,
-Vintage guise, vantage
-Guys', hands made
-Soft made hard;
Hands, extended, held,
Enlisted in rise
Toward fragranced
Fabric clouds,
-Wards of maids room link,
-Stagger back, dogs walked,
-Ferry brings
-New of plague;
Pool emptied, covered,
Sheets held out, folded,
Stored in drawers,
Curtains spread,
-Neutral tones, stainless
-Steel, bleached crepe, sterile,
-Flimsy drape's
-Back exposed.
23 May 2017
-Roars of laughter, eyes,
-Sapphires, em'ralds
-Sparkling, they
-Reminisce;
Forceful hands, (behind),
Shove down, (in front), draw
Forward, hold:
Swallow; gag,
-Invade Pavilion
-Tea dance, trio donned
-Taffeta,
-Wide-brimmed hats;
Flailing arms, waistbands-
Shorts, underwear- yanked,
Hole fingered,
Spit spread, slammed,
-Sequenced sashay, boys'
-Gyrations restrained,
-Tropical
-Cocktails plied;
Blind urges spent, slipped
Off, orifice sprawled,
Spilled out, deer,
Hunters, watched,
-Seasoned disarray,
-Vintage guise, vantage
-Guys', hands made
-Soft made hard;
Hands, extended, held,
Enlisted in rise
Toward fragranced
Fabric clouds,
-Wards of maids room link,
-Stagger back, dogs walked,
-Ferry brings
-New of plague;
Pool emptied, covered,
Sheets held out, folded,
Stored in drawers,
Curtains spread,
-Neutral tones, stainless
-Steel, bleached crepe, sterile,
-Flimsy drape's
-Back exposed.
23 May 2017
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