tattoo of the muse

tattoo of the muse

According to the information given on Fridakahlo.org, where this image was sourced, ‘Frida drew many self-portraits with her pets and this is one of those and she included her parrots in this painting. When this portrait was painted she was just remarried with Diego but was having a love affair with Nickolas Muray, who helped Frida with her first exhibition in New York in 1938 and was a successful portrait photographer.’

your name  a hot needle stitch
			under the skin
in a  m u s cle  of  DESIGN.
details  hinting  f i n e
		as the images the dusk
		 seals on your eye.
for its THERE
   i believe truly 
	we stand.
	   on the crumbling
	BANK OF EVENING
AND  	the stars are the
		Bleeding stems
	          of flowers
                    sheared off by the
	c o o l  blade     of the dark.
it’s these  DETAILS
like   a choreographer’s scribble
	a muddle of difficult STEPS
		and balances
	the precision about
		your name
it’s these details
	journeys
	touches that linger
	    like  j ou rn e y s
i’d have  d r a w n
	within  the blue line
         of a   h e a rt.


july 1988
london

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The music for the reading is from the Kyrgzy pop song ‘Appak suiuu’ (White Love) as recorded by the Kryghz singer, Yulia Ruskaya.  A link to the video is posted here below.