THE
EFFECT
After Gaudier-Brzeska
Under the halogen glow
there
is no break
or gap, only a simple design
of
lines
& planes, stone-age
metallic,
a Mauser rifle
pinched
from the hands
whatever comes near
a
dropped
leaf
young buck out of nowhere
Dordogne
caverns
periphery
of my vision
forms
a bas relief,
broken
at one a.m.
its
clogged hooves,
silent
as the trenches
this paltry mechanism
quiet
as the night
it
passes
out
of my mind
gently outlines a shape
structure,
((lines
&
black
barrel,
muzzle
cold blast
empty
as I stood.
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