“Nothing Staged Can Stay”: A Poem by Santi Tafarella
before the night’s glittering
black curtain
the Father of dung
beatles
moves the moon
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Powerful imagery in such few words…the dark internal brooding of an artist…I love this. I can see it as a painting.
The image you have posted with it doesn’t appear. What was it supposed to be?
David Schleicher
July 20, 2008 at 8:59 am
David S:
Thanks for the encouragement. I think the technical glitch is fixed.
santitafarella
July 21, 2008 at 6:03 am