Puzzle of a Downfall Child

Living in a state of grace must
Be a matter of perception's
Sharpening the mask the
Way a trimming hook winds
Mr. Wong

Winds Uwe who was once
A sculptress in another life
These are the Damned
And now your red beehive
Convertible is hot for men

Like the ethereal doctor
And where your screaming
Gorgonic gasp-fish blew
The soothing straightjacket
Of the beach playing castanets

I only remember your face
Passing into oblivion
As if a garden of screeching
Had finally laid down
A heavy yellow liquid mule


written while remembering Jerry Schatzberg's 1970 film, Puzzle of a Downfall 
Child

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