time-subject-film-light
Inspired by Ric Burns’ Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film.
The phonies are taking over,
the Jesus t-shirts
& ketchup stains.
Do you want me to tell you
who Andy was?
A mirror holder?
You move to the edge
& declare it the centre.
But now we throw hammers
at our reflections,
shattering silver thoughts.
Now the centre has been
cemented & secured –
trapped in a kaleidoscope
of commercial migraines,
the neon swirling like
an acid breast milk shake.
I’d film you sleeping
but that is now just
life / work / everyday.
If we slow 24 to 16
frames per second and
take time to
see like a child?
Do you remember when
movies used to amaze?
*time – subject – film – light*
Published in Rabbit Poetry Journal, Issue 4, May 2012
Published in The Frequency of God, Close-Up Books, December 2017
Yes.
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