#2042 - not even the sun where

 

2042

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3.viii.25

not even the sun where

ekphrastic for Courbet’s 1869 ‘l’immensité’

 

I like the depictions of nothing

of no one, of just what you see

what’s there in front of your eyes

 

weather, and more coming

and I believe there was weather before

none of it means a thing

 

I like the roll up of waves

the absent sun’s effects

neither at sea

 

in a world that seems to come before

clouds lit with as by whim

for how we come

 

things may well wash up

pay them no attention

focus on so much time elapsed

 

outside of the mirror

you’re the population

far removed from the moment

 

this is how we’re here