How beautiful wine is
red red red
white is the morning
I am in a ditch.
And in the midst of dirty water
I enjoy these stars,
life is short
it’s written on the skin.
But how beautiful wine is,
white white white,
red is the morning,
I aching on one side.
Life life life,
night after night,
running away from finger tips
do hope, Mira, do hope.
Piero Ciampi (from the album Piero Ciampi, 1971)
Cover: Ryan McGinley, Yearbook 2014 (Detail, team NY), courtesy pr/undercover, Art Basel Unlimited 2015