30.v.22
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3.150
lifting the lid
ekphrastic for R.D. McCormick’s 1895 ‘A Tasty Dish’
in the Hinton Collection at NERAM
supercilious
who sees past the samovar?
faux ancestors, ancestresses
the mantlepiece figure very civil war
everything here is civil
leadlit armorial
shows some blows brought us
shone leather on the leopard skin
over the china rug
she does demeure – tea rise, pour
is that tiara in her hair
or some lost laurel?
a rosy light
the world’s woes in print
are more than the man
like the map of empire’s burden
here casually cast
there is nothing on their plates
you see the steam
butler considers leftovers for later
now he is lifting the lid
this picture can be hung on their wall
happily ever after
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