fission

Modigliani Monday

(... taking a break from Modi in lieu of Picabia)

fission

            after Open Mask, Francis Picabia

dividing rupture

her rapture & his

intense kinks like he

liked her lines drawn,

eyes low and body bowed

(the breaking of

this) their severance

connection rimmed outer

with inner, thick

exposure like

dismissed emotion

she cracked & he walked,

deprived

her virtue, holy

saintliness salient still

she faltered & that

ended principally (missing his love)

long forgotten

offer when two were one

& she was whole

he scarred, she stood,

they split