21.3.16

Bust of Stadholder-King William III (1650-1702), 1699 - Jan Blommendael

The curls of his wig
like a mountain of skulls
a drugged pose,
ready for the brush
The eye lands softly, 
confrontationally, 
on the mighty-minded man.
"Wie bent u?" – 
deference still necessary – 
we have manners after all.
We won't be so lucky to have busts made
After the fall.

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