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Kill the Messenger Who Brings Bad News: Who Brings Bad News

Everything that ought to be known about Robert Kelly can be found in his books, of which this is the fortieth.

From "The Court Painter":

How can I show you the truth of

anyone without his face you ask?

The face is the last thing I paint,

& the least important.

It is there to trick the subject

into thinking he is one,

that he has been 'represented.'

But where he is is in a fold

of cape, shadow of a label,

wrinkle between elbow & those wide

gold stripes that tell how great he is

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 240
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780876854327
  • Genres
  • poetry
  • Release date
  • 1979