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Marcel Duchamp,
Interior view of Etant donnés: 1º la chute d'eau
/ 2º le gas d'éclairage (Given: 1. The Waterfall /2.
The Illuminating Gas), 1946-66 © 2000 Succession Marcel
Duchamp ARS, N.Y./ADAGP, Paris
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Into the Vitrine
The hand melted down in carbon
like ash
but veined
palpably
Fingers
in a throttle
and over all
of course
wax
Into
the vitrine
it all went
Visibility held its charms
but oh so old
And
so closeted in glass
no stench arose.
Rrose
Sélavy,
she said.
Harriet Zinnes, 1999
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