Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Vincent’s Valentine

All we have left are the colors
and the things they’re mounted on
with their accompanying noises
for those who have ears to hear
we become the things we see
so color was introduced carefully
the tragedies of light too bright
then the comedies of darkest night
and finally the long histories of vermilion
and honey-yellow ending in
his seething blacks and blues
which they keep trying to turn
into something decorative or insane
when all he had left were the colors
for his fiery spirit to contain

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