Uncle History loves Hans Castorp
The way JFK loved Margaret Macomber
An unlikely comparison—
Hans, a gentle patient
Margaret, a saucy bitch
Fictional eros
Is not refined
Enter Bacchus
One can lie quietly in the reeds
Or screw everything that moves
Uncle believes in lying low
He explores the ceiling of his skull
He likes how decency
Accompanies certain kinds of death
Kennedy knew he’d die young
Its not refined
Slow or fast
Characters die
Planet of the Blind 