ABSTRACTS OF HOFMANN

Each abstract,Hans
draws me in dramatically
lands on your labs
and rigorous benches
of an exhibitionist's
color filled
clarity of canvas
in voluminous colors
as your abstracts pose
beyond German, French
or American dynamics
to an invitation
to disclose your "Slabs"
from shapes in geometric view
by evocations in some ruses
lately new spacial relations
of humanity's psyche
from the Muses
in an idiomatic psychology
at your own 'Self-portrait
with Bruises"
you showed us that
strength in muscle abs
on the Cape's wave length
waiting down long corridors
in Provincetown's studios
by your open doors
for a polychromatic view.