The turned ankle
at this angle
a jaw line, the hip
parabola evocative of
obtuse angles and petals-
or leaves could be open
to holding light in colors
the movement blends
on the page, the note
hangs on the sheet-
precarious-
ly awaiting harmony
of echoes like blur and hum
where sound escapes crashing
into narrow canals, omitting any
consonants collected in the
folded corners
melt and fade under the sun
goldenrods spearing silver weeds-
maybe shadows will go there
and settle in
to stretching the fibers
into a conversation with object
and subject
interrupted by
chime and shape
to fit in
the picture would never
what it was
only what could be.
Image by John Singer Sargent, Study of Mme Gautreau c. 1884 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
ly awaiting harmony
of echoes like blur and hum
where sound escapes crashing
into narrow canals, omitting any
consonants collected in the
folded corners
melt and fade under the sun
goldenrods spearing silver weeds-
maybe shadows will go there
and settle in
to stretching the fibers
into a conversation with object
and subject
interrupted by
chime and shape
to fit in
the picture would never
what it was
only what could be.
Image by John Singer Sargent, Study of Mme Gautreau c. 1884 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
