Photographs by Ira Cohen

Poem by John Solt

 

The Androgynous Ghost
in a Cup Filled with Ocean

with enough space to exist

he dances

the earth will never

turn the same again

we are puppets

his movements pull strings

playing with our emotions

as he expresses his

he is a Christian

devoutly dancing Judas

knowing he has to

betray Christ

to be forgiven

and that Christ has to

forgive him to be Christ

someone asks

how he concentrates on stage

"It's simple," he whispers

"I'm surrounded by hundreds

of dead people."

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