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."