Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Cezanne


Painting by Paul Cezanne


CÉZANNE


Cézanne
With scissors
Clipped countries from maps,
Painted
Each clipped country black,
Burned the black shapes,
Put the ashes in a brown clay jug
with a blue stripe,
Set the jug
Among apples.
One apple with yellow hair
Turned the color of human flesh,
Became Venus.


Duane Locke

Posted over on SF Salvo

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