The Lovers’ Chronicle 23 July – each time – art by P. S. Krøyer

23 July 2023 By Rhett 0 In Random

Dear Zazie, Here is Mac Tag‘s Lovers’ Chronicle to his muse. Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

how did it start

i try to remember

i cannot

a rhythm to it all

even the hardest part

has a find-able rhythm

which is why, i suppose,

i keep comin’ back

each time a little farther

(why should it matter)

each time a little harder

(why should it matter)

until that is how i like it

whoa, have not

felt this way

in a long time…

nervous, scared

(and i ain’t

scared of nothin’)

i told want

and need

to go to hell

but here they are

can i admit

what i have tried

to ignore

to want

and yet

to not

allow the crescendo

or not

as if

it could be stopped

nice state of affairs
indulgin’ my dreams here

as if you bendin’ over me
and my blood begins to move

as if you and i doin’ anything
we used to do, or could do

do you understand now
i know i have only said it
in ’round about ways
but i can tell you
i believe it

meanwhile, everything
slips away, it all reels
as i try to rise up
i touch my chest
the hurt
how did it start
i try to remember
i cannot

a rhythm to it all
even the hardest part
has a find-able rhythm
which is why, i suppose,
i keep comin’ back

regret, like pity,
changes nothin’
the instinct to panic
slackens each time
helps if you avoid
lookin’ in the rearview

each time a little farther
(why should it matter)
each time a little harder
(why should it matter)
until that is how i like it

Today is the birthday of Peder Severin Krøyer (Stavanger, Norway 23 July 1851 – 21 November 1909 Skagen), known as P. S. Krøyer; painter. One of the best known, beloved, and the most colorful of the Skagen Painters, a community of Danish and Nordic artists who lived, gathered or worked in Skagen, Denmark, especially during the final decades of the 19th century. Krøyer was the unofficial leader of the group.

On a trip to Paris in 1888 he ran into Marie Martha Mathilde Triepcke, whom he had known in Copenhagen. They fell in love and, after a whirlwind romance, married on 23 July 1889 at her parents’ home in Germany. Marie Krøyer, who was also a painter, became associated with the Skagen community, and after their marriage was often featured in Krøyer’s paintings. They were divorced in 1905 following a prolonged separation.