she said ur gf is a dumb *****; he said
I know, u've told me that before; she
said why are u still seeing her; he said
b/c she's not invisible; she said I can
get over a hundred thousand for u if u
paint a large painting for an exec vp
of Toshiba but u have to come to South
Hampton where I built u a studio; I
wanted it to be a surprise but w/ u still
sleeping with that **** I didn't know how
serious we could be; serious serious; I
paint seriously; I turn paint into lies &
now u're painting w/ ur mouth;

whatsername never lies to me; she doesn't
care what my real name is; she's not my
business partner; she's my lover & I guess
I have feelings for her, why not but I want
u to be my dealer; I will do anything for u;
let's go to South Hampton;  I have an idea
for the painting already; something big &
yellow like the sun; something round &
soft; something warm, glowing & pinkish;

the sun u say: the sun is abstract & what of
the moon she said; the moon is not abstract
the moon is white & it contains no surprise

unlike the sun which cannot be seen
behind the corona's hot sheen or the
fiery ball of blinding light concealing
the turbulent ebb & flow of matter &
antimatter in continuous combustion

my gf is like that; the girl whose
name u don't know; yeh that one

I want my relationships to be abstract
like the book u lose on the subway; u
get a new copy but never read it again

or a book u find on the train filled w/
turgid cliches but u can't put it down

what kind of book am I she asked; u're
not a book he said; you're a hot piece;
she laughed a bit; loud enough to hear
next door; I'm a Eurotrash novel & she
is an American manga; a pale copy of  
the real thing but if u've never been to
China u don't know what real Chinese
food is; she's an American; I'm an American
artist; u are a European; u think I am there
to amuse ur friends so they can use my art
as a tax shelter; I'm not complaining he
said at last; u taste like the vineyards of
France; I want to drink u down entirely;
ogh get my tights off; what about ur gf?
as if by prescience there was knock; send
her away; u're doing me now; tell her u're
painting my picture she said hurriedly;
he left her there pulling her tights off &
went to the door; Oh, hi, I'm kind of busy
he said; she knew, seeing the bottomless
dealer whose unmoving face was as white
as her stretched out bottom; Ivana gave him
a perturbed glance & asked if he could
change a light bulb in her ceiling; she had
a ladder; yeh yeh; give me a minute, I'll
be right over; when she'd gone the dealer
was naked quickly on her knees *******
for dear life;it was routine unfunny blase
& not ***** at all; it was grotesque & that
turned him off; I've gotta go change a light
he said; I need u she said; my neighbor
needs me now; I need u more than she does;
wait here & I'll drill ya through the floor;
promises promises; exactly; if I don't
change her bulb now she'll never ask me
to change it again; I have a houseful of bulbs
in South Hampton; there's only one bulb
I need right now he said going for the door