A SMALL PORTRAIT IN DEATH 
OF ROBIN CROZIER (1936-2001)

by Vittore Baroni (Italy)
 

placed on top of a chair

placed on top of a table

placed on top of a red-headed doll named Wanda

crono bird

zero fox

boring king

bishop rod

tongue lips

words smith

send a view from a town nearby

casting

a gentle ear

a gentle bear

a gentle beard

through sunderland sunset fine
 
 

one more bright star picked from the mail art sky

every mail artist is a random memo(ry) of a constellation

in the endless chain-letter that just took the dark one

an infantile utopia sealed in a big cardboard box

a sculpture model eyed up in the swingin’ Rome

an image lingering in the dictionary of synonyms

spelled out in calm round childlike handwriting
 
 

we never met

but most of all I regret 

not even giving you a phone call

(like with Michael, like with Ray, like with many others before)

paper friend, brother in mail, benign teacher

it does not need to be in flesh and blood

to be real
 
 

hold on, we’re coming
 
 

vittore baroni

e-mailed on xmas eve 2001

 baroniv@ats.it

Dear Siglinde,
...yes life is hard on everybody ...
... so I guess we should be grateful for the little good health we may have left ...
... let's hope in a better and more peaceful 2002 ...
all the best,
Vittore 
 
 

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