The box of 1932

Soon, when I suffocate

in letters, and sisters

sift my so-called estate,

you can presume

untold books and binders

of squares and brain-twisters

shall be the heirloom

of my finders.

In response to Marcel Duchamp's ‘The Box of 1932’, 1932.

See the artwork that inspired this poem in the flesh, along with more than 100 of Marcel Duchamp’s world-renowned pieces, in ‘The Essential Duchamp’ exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 April – 11 August 2019.