black
lace
after Portrait of Berthe Morisot, E
Manet
he
tells her to
cover
her face and
straighten
her back
point
her toes like
those
Russian ballerinas
that
seem so graceful on stage
and
so awkward on the train
cloud
her eyes and
mute
her smile
when
she sits for him
the
artist standing at
his
easel, painters board
in
the crook of his elbow
brushing
color and
truth
onto canvas the
way
her spine keeps
straight
her determination
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