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Life of the Artist

From the April 2018 Print Edition

It’s said that Caravaggio was a creep,A pedophile to be precise, the kindWho lurked near schoolyards, and one who assignedApprentices to bed for more than sleep,A tavern brawler, too, who had to keepFleeing from enemy and legal bind.(A fever, though, could not be left behind.)Biographies with such . . . . Continue Reading »