the scene

she wore her confidence like a scarf
she was always slipping off her shoulders
to tie around her head and play-act
the scene of a white convertible
carving up a mountain.

they said she slipped during an art class at the Metropolitan Museum,
and she ripped through a Picasso, entitled the actor.

also, there was a man once, excitedly bragging
about his newly acquired Van Gogh. So excited, was he
he ran his elbow right through it. Imagine that.

over and over and over again.