TWO POEMS
Archaistic
It has come to lightin the scholarly workof Colette Hemingwaythat the ancient Greek sculptorsused even more ancient formsin an updated mannerexpress views oncontemporary issues.For example, the peploscould be renderedwith fewer folds,as it was in the archaicperiod, on an Athenacelebrating the ascensionof Lysimachus to the Boule.This was a subtle criticismof the extremeconservatism of Lysimachus.The subtleties of dressmake all the difference,as today, for a voir direI wore an ironed shirtand West Point classof 1950 neck tiebecause I was assureddefense attorneyswill remove well dressedwhite men from any jury.How easy it wasto pervert justice,just a tie with a goldcoat of arms.It reminds meof that moth a groupof cautious scientistscrushed by accidentwhen they weretrying to leave no trace,during their firsttime travel experiment,going back to the Jurassic.When they returnedto the present daythe world was allin ruins as a resultof that one mothkilled before its time.There wasn’t evenoxygen in the airso the scientistscould at leastdie slowly.
