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the paintings of elizabeth murray
1. shrinking lines
night
mirrors
an empire of shrinking
lines
tangled & trembling
within the true air of this
wonderful world
a beam of light
raises itself like a glass of beer
@ noon
& the alphabet flies by like a long arm
tugging at itself
near the entrance to where the children
meet
think
join
fall
fly
become a mobius
of
heart &
mind
then leap like the heartbeats of
beginners
into the spiraling
waves.
2. do the dance
can you hear me
from where you are?
i've been off the farm a long time
& been defying the laws of arithmetic
more than you'll ever know
searching for things to come
don't be too cruel
my feet are trembling in the
hollow canal
(ah my kingdom for a shoe)
another you
sketched within my sketch books
what is love? you ask
it is a dog bounding as it unlocks its
tongue
a bed of waxen water
at the bottom of a summer wind
a top poppin offa da lowdown
bare boppin @ the showdown
swoopin the sun @ the moon
from their saucers
& saucerin 'em back to the sky
where they will dance once again
amongst the bowtied
constellations.
steve dalachinsky nyc @ moma 11/20/05 & 2 home
11/25/05
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