BROKEN VISION
—Michel FoucaultLong graphisme maigre comme une lettre; il vient
d'échapper tout droit des bâillements des livres.
Born in midst of shriveled
parchments,
a long emaciated silhouette,
like initials drawn by Modigliani,
still haunts Castilian plains.
A self-consecrated knight,
he set out,
eyes wide open, from a time
when water was clear, minds
pure, fruits always ripe.
His lenses broken, he returned
empty-handed:
a wise old hidalgo, lying
in the sheets that gave birth
to his dreams, closed
his eyelids. Only death
could mend
his now opaque vision,
reunite the fragmented quicksilver
running like lost letters
on a page.
h e d y h a b r a
p o r t a g e, m i c h i g a n
margin home | contents | links | reading list | marginalia | contributors | staff | guidelines | kudos | subscriptions | contact us
Layout, design & revisions
© Tamara Kaye
Sellman, Webmaster
Active home URL:
http://www.magical-realism.com
(also:
https://www.angelfire.com/wa2/margin/index.
html)
TERMS OF USE: This site contains copyrighted materials, including but not limited to text and graphics. You may not use, copy, publish, upload, download, post to a bulletin board, include in any weblog or otherwise transmit, distribute or modify any elements of this site in any way, except that you may download one copy of such contents on any single computer for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you do not alter or remove any copyright, author attribution or other proprietary notices.