Lisa 2

L i s a  M a r i e  B a s i l e

Las Meninas

Drink me,

I am Margarita

Teresa

in Las Meninas,

and you are Velázquez

looking out and away.

I am surrounded

by everything,

and my heart is everything

and aching even more.

You know why I stay,

standing poised,

standing in oil

shadows,

why I am wet paint

down your mouth.