E Mail to Damniso Lopez, 147

Painting by Juergen Pollner


E MAIL TO DAMNISO LOPEZ 147


A man
Or a woman
Lathered
The coconut
Brought back
As a souvenir
From a
Caribbean excursion.
Shaved off
Its fibers
With an old-fashioned
Barber shop razor,
With spray paint
Painted it white,
Claimed
It was the skull
Of a former lover.

He or she
Then hired
A stenographer
To witness
His or her silence,
And to save
The blank pages
From
The stenographer’s
Notebook
Under
Plexiglas.

He or she,
Him or her,
Painted with acrylics
Angels
Wearing Fra Angelico
Pastel pink
And pastel green
Dresses.
Painted atop
The Angel’s
Long Flowing
Yellow hair,
A tap dancer’s
Top hat.

And painted
On the angels’ feet
Tap-dancing shoes.


Duane Locke

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