WILIAM HARNETT
(1818--1892)

Down the long corridor
fascinated by
William Hartnett's
like his still life
clarinet paintings played
over instrumental themes,
a violin hanging
onto a door
with a torn piece
of sheet music
others as a "Dutch jar
and Bust of Dante"
"Cigar box,Pitcher
and the New World"
"Lobster and Pester Lloyd"
or "Still Life and Le Figaro"
Another of Havana cigars
or "Le Mot D'Or"
at the back of the museum
by rack pictures of Peto
a possible mentor
but no imitator of table top
we decide to stop
at this innovative
persuasive inventor.