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 ________________________________________________________________________ Emanuel E. García, The Virtues of Calamity, One Hundred Poems, 2013 |