Wednesday, September 1, 2010

G ULF_Battaglia





G ULF_Battaglia
Oil on paper
2010
1050 x 760MM (v x h)
The Arthouse 
THIS WORK HAS SOLD



                        BATTAGLIA

                        oil and water do not mix do not mix oil and water oil and water do not mix do not mix oil and water
                               do not mix oil and water oil and water do not mix do not mix oil and water oil and water do not mix
                               oil and water do not mix do not mix oil and water oil and water do not mix do not mix oil and water
                               do not mix oil and water oil and water do not mix do not mix oil and water oil and water do not mix
                               oil and water do not mix do not mix oil and water oil and water do not mix do not mix oil and water


                        Let us not forget the silver-headed
                        minnows, their presto con brio flash
                        and exuberant, spear-shaped shimmer.

                                See them now?

                         Their fins are barely a-flicker. Instinct
                         propels them but their once-vivid slice
                         through water is nothing but the faintest quiver.

                                See them?

                          Mouths shut tight and belly up, they might
                          easily be mistaken for cutlery clattering
                          in a rimless ocean sink.

                                 See?

                          There's no music left in them, no sound
                          stirring in this floating orchestra of cartilage
                          and bone. This was no accidental storm;

                                 ?

                         the earth recoils in disbelief, her grief
                         is deep, our indifference to her, unfathomable.
                         This is a solemn and vicious tide

                                .

                         with power to turn salt water sour; a viscous bile
                         that dulls the shining scales of fish
                         and rusts the sleeping turtle's shell.



                                 CB - on the Deepwater Horizon environmental catastrophe 
                                 April, May, June, July, August, September 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. . .







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