first it giveth
then it tanqueray

rub off coats of old paint
unveil the painting from itself
to survive stand out endure
as an object of life
god’s withdrawal
a monk of why
a full copernican revolution
creating the strongest emotion
my mind is capable of feeling
i will never understand it
to turn away betray
doesn’t the sun revolve around us?
terrain of the unmeasurable
a view of the unpresentable
first to giveth and then to taketh away?

cracks in the oil paint
pigment fades on peeling flakes
self-preservation
find my substrate