Blinkers Gaze
Shadow of the
gantry-post against the tarmac,
the black criss-crosses,
cross-hatched lines slanted to the angle of the day,
the angle of the sun
as it moves across
the sky.
Lengthening
perspectives,
distorting images.
How did the circus
arrive at the Guggenhiem?
All its Art Deco
Modernism is nothing but a faded façade,
the show-biz and
razzle-dazzle of days-gone-by.
All inside
a ruin,
of years neglected.
Guttering making a
messy, marshmallow, marshland of the walls,
creating a vertical
Bayou,
a river-delta swamp
of verdant green
down the walls
and I looking through
the lenze of my camera
seem to be missing
all the action – distracted by the rectangular viewfinder,
unable to see beyond
the shutters-speed,
so blind,
my eyes are tightly jammed
shut
force of pure will,
will not open them.
Close my eyes,
blinker my sight,
distort my vision,
restrict my look, redirect
my gaze,
now I see the
blinkers,
can I cast off the
blinders?
Now I see the device,
Can I look beyond at
what is real?
Can I see what stands
in the light?
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