A Male-Patterned Silver Lining                            


            The thing about Van Gogh –
            Which some pronounce ‘Van Goff’ –
            Is that he never knew
            If anyone would ever want to look
            On what he stroked
 
            He lost a certain something
            In despair,
            Though fortunately not,
            If his self-portraits are reliable,
            His hair


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            Emanuel E. García, The Virtues of Calamity, One Hundred Poems2013