♠ Poetry Sketches A to D ♠

Acrobat

[ASR] Based on a painting of Chagall and a '80s song of Boy George.

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Acrobat

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The quilted feline swirls
red, gold and green,
like a chameleon clown.
She spins a hoop
with sinewy grace.
Her karma comes and goes
in a whirl of dreams
where loving would be easier,
Boy George,
if she were around.

(or is it a he?
We never were quite sure with you
either.)

The curve of butt,
the slender fingers, the willow form,
and a face Modigliani would've fell for.


Kåre Enga

catalogue number: [162.492]
31 oktober 2005


Notes: Based on the painting "Acrobat" of Marc Chagall (1914), in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Numerous phrases come from the 1980's hit song "Karma Chameleon" by Boy George. This quote of Chagall is noteworthy: "Lured by their colors and make-up, I dream of painting new psychic distortions."

I've been to the Albright-Knox, probably have seen the original painting, was born in Buffalo, went to a Boy George concert there.

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