Rendering Bodies

 

Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers  by Gauguin (1888)

My body has more flaws than mother earth,

however, as a part of her nature,

it’s good.  It’s good and it’s easy to harm.

Like my body, earth is easily harmed.

Look, we'll come to your studio and pose

sitting side by side, the earth and I, or

you could render us in words, capturing

seasonal changes, improvements, wrinkles,

and amputations.  We will hold the form

you suggest, trusting you, hoping to please

(or at least submitting without speaking),

while you make an impression.  We will pray

you see our shared and separate spirits,

that you will study how to set us free.

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