self-portrait
framed by two women
with wind-swept hair
Picabia’s male bravado
challenging in wartime

signalling
the beginning of his decline
shots from a gun
Warhol made even more time
for public appearances

in the centre
of each theatrical tableau
Koons smiles
smugly at the camera,
airbrushed and impeccable

Bacon –
within the contorted figure
a deep scream
my worst nightmare
dripping paint

market stall
screen-printed on tee-shirts
Campbell’s soup cans –
after thirty years
Warhol still draws the crowds