11 August 2016

The Ninth of August

Linda Maestra! "Pretty Teacher!"
Francisco Goya, circa 1819-23













































The Ninth of August


Having a smoke outside,
It lightens tonight in
Ohio, in a rainless
Cloudsky. This puts one in
Mind of Goya's witches,
Flying correctly, naked, with the
Business end of the broom
Forward, nothing like Margaret
Hamilton. By the pricking of
My thumbs, indeed. I'll
Show you something wicked.
It comes like the Trinity, ice-
Cold, one for each
Orifice, and Goya's ever-bored
Face of the Devil.


L. Steve Schmersal, The Ninth of August, August 2016


Aquelarre, "Witches' Sabbath,"
Francisco Goya, 1798

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