We Threw Out The Specimens After Rain

We threw out the specimens after rain
Blinding even the dark-eyed banner carrier
And I’m sitting there on the dehydrated
Days Inn bedspread in rock island IL
& the girls on either side of me have
A deep commitment to the avant garde
& here’s this sumptuous feminist poetic
Film about rage & frankly, it’s thrilling. Still I
Cover my tits getting out of the shower
Wrote Stein of the Chicago dance marathon:
They were all there, their bodies were drooping
Moving & drooping alone, but often when one was
More moving the other was more drooping
This morning, optimizing my copy for search engine
I made this pastoral sweeping gesture, lumping
Dad—Stein—Agnes Martin…