John Trumbull, American
Self-Portrait After Four Cups of Espresso, 1793
Oil on canvas
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John Trumbull, American
Self-Portrait After Four Cups of Espresso, 1793
Oil on canvas
/// Dr. Lemuel Hopkins, this guy,
is extreme in his focus— not shy.
Were he living today
we might venture to say
he could head up the whole F.B.I.
/// Hopkins stare was acutely intense.
Peepers seemed to bulge, looking immense.
The focus and size
of his wide-open eyes
implied Lemuel thought you were dense.
/// It may be that Lem’s eyeballs are poking
from their sockets because he is choking.
If his face now turns red,
and then blue… next comes dead.
Loose his collar to keep him from croaking.
/// Not just Doctor, but poet, he sits
in a group, “The Connecticut Wits.”
Right-wing satirists wrote
their belief that the vote
was for wise, wealthy men, not poor twits.
/// As a medical man, he had gumption.
Specialized treating those with consumption.
Donkey’s milk? Wouldn’t dare
prescribe that. Said fresh air
and good food were best, per his assumption.