unfortunately
I was not
ordinary enough
for him
to love
is there
consolation
in that?
yes
he said
"you're immature
and afraid
of intimacy"
agreed
I told him
of Browning's
elective affinities
"not to love
is to condemn
ourselves"
I said
he understood
Elizabeth 's laudanum
habit
but not
Robert's theory
I suppose
he wanted
the art
student type:
rebellion
in
hairdos
someone
he could
comprehend
and comb
yesterday
yesterday
among a crowd of tourists
in a basement
I looked at
Monet's "Water Lilies"
fluorescent light
reflected
yellow whispering faces
I wondered
what was wrong
with me:
if anyone else
thought
the paintings resembled wallpaper
this morning
eating breakfast
in the hotel dining room
a young woman asked
my opinion
of the "Monet Salle"
I told her about
a prettily papered crypt
"it was just your mood"
she said
leaving the table
isn't it always?
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