Dempsey and Firpo

The men in the front

have Modigliani eyes.

Brothers or lovers

of

Lunia, Jeanne, Anna.

Two men,

in the guise of pugilists,

try and kill

without being

killed.

Firpo's face,

all angles and bangs

watches the aftermath

of a single blow.

Dempsey in white,

knocked soundly,

over the middle rope

into the arms

of sweaty gentlemen

and the sporting press.

Lights in the distance

Frozen in a moment

In a daze

mistaken for

approaching trains.