Today the post-
woman brought
me a seven-figure
check in payment
for the piece of
thick artist's paper
I'd left under the
front door mat
for six months &

then sold on eBay
as the original
Rauschenburg 
erasure of de
Kooning's nude.
Am a bit worried 
though. Modern 
technology being 
what it is it won't 

be long before what 
I described as the
vestigial remnants
of the original fig-
ure are identified 
as a not-too-clear
impression of the 
door mat maker's 
mark—an image 

of Kali, eight out-
stretched arms 
welcoming the
visitor—& beneath:
          The
       Bengali
      Coir Mat
      Factories
          P/L.