max arvo

ESSAYS
FICTION

Cy Twombly in Houston

2024



That was
Torn from a beating soul
Under red and
Desperation

My love

The boy 
comes in

I kill for you

///

My hero,
He bathes by the shore

This is where his body
Cascades
In blood

And -
that was victory

When he was there -

(that was
that was…)

And I was
Too-

I was also there.

(I was,
I was…)

When he remembers

and
        if-

Because I have seen you, since,
On the other shore,
And I don't think,
Even once,
You looked my way-

Tuesday Oct 5 2021