Monday, September 27, 2021

the family portrait

we called in salvador dali
to come
in and paint our family holiday
portrait.
not rockwell.
he was too busy
with the neighbors.
but dali
captured our true nature
to a tee.
the melting clock,
the hands
dripping,
the bare branch tree.
the strange sky.
and the faces and eyes
of all of us,
staring out in fish like
wonder,
pulled from a violent sea,
not quite understanding
what this is was all about,
what anything means.

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