Neil Ellman

Year After Year
 
(after the painting by Arshile Gorky)
 
 
here       wherever       here          is
                            or not
       where      ostrich feathers    lay out         
                to dry
 
                kiwis to die
 
year after year
               barbicels clinging
               to the spires
               of the old asylum
               at the edge of tomorrow
 
      //sing:  hallelujah//
 
she said:  antelope
he said:    elephant
she said:  rhinoceros
he said:   
 
it is when      where     the ostrich lay
            blue feathers and let them dry
 
she said:  or not
 

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