Lydia Davis 14

He attended another art-related panel

Referring to a period in which he has been active

Although he was not in the show

He had never been that important

The main reason he attended this panel

Was that he was expecting a confrontation

Between two artists he had been friendly with

And another artist they had frequently worked with

But of course the institution prevailed

That third artist never got to confront his collaborators

His former associates who now denied his existence

And He had been wishing to witness a rupture

In the façade of what people lazily refer to

As ‘community’.