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I.
A natural and generous talent
to distract serious attention
from a flawin art history remake
'viewed action' professed
flattering the 'nude' academiesthe figure reigning in abstract
appearance on television
and a minor starprint life the extravagant dress
personal sounding success
under the public penisa full measure of seriousness
around Southampton winters and summers respectively
identified by cowpuncher's neckalso known addiction to import
frequent blows from the world
express facea 'ham' capable of registering
some old-time tragedian
figure in New York art hauntshifting sequence the salvaging
picture speech throwing Southampton
with only the vaguestto report the fantastic
fashion art mixed
the paint more autobiographicalhe made art intimately his own
in fact conspicuously
advertised by his life.