#1135 - the animal is rust

 

1135

9.ii.23

4.40

the animal is rust

ekphrastic for Yang Wei-Lin’s 2011 ‘Mimesis’

 

an animal is made of steel

 

is rust

and flags

a longtail

 

arms held high

 

antennae

wisping

knit

 

some patches stone

and sway the breeze

 

stuck out

an animal represents

 

it’s not without a wish

 

small spears

and flung aghast

 

of thinnest wire

of just what’s left

 

tentacle

light tricks

 

gone trailing after

close

 

an animal

is more or less

insect

such as we