THE SPIDER QUEEN
I first saw her in a bar, or a sort of bar attached to a gallery. I wasactually showing at that same gallery, although my work was not up thatevening, but I was sitting at the bar holding court, drinking a little toomuch, when I saw her walk by. She was extraordinary, maybe 40 years old, orolder, with the curves of an Italian movie goddess, a dark pile of hair,flashing eyes, ruby red lips, and the grace of a very hungry tiger. But mostextraordinary was her outfit, a flimsy transparent dress...