Undone

(Excerpt)

It is given that the brush
will lift away from your desire:
the pigment chooses its own hue as you
paint, assigns value, considers shade
and tint; the light divides and falls
away like a lover slipping
languorously out of her sequined dress.

 

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“Undone”
Acrylic, Text, and Vintage Dress
48” x 111” Triptych, 2004