Lullaby (Portrait of Madame Roulin) Vincent van Gogh, 1889
Joseph R. Trombatore
Rock & roll of schist & prism
ice cubes melting on our tongues
refracting a razors edge of lightning
strikes
raspy whispers of hungry sparrows
between our teeth; the angle & hum
of whitewall to engine
jettisoned dreams graceful
as the prayers of swans
leaves of Brahms on piano keys
the rhythmic breath of each day
as it dies; the coins we cover
our eyes with & sleep
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