Monday, June 1, 2009

PINTOR DE CAMARA

LUIS MELENDES(1715-1780),THE PINTOR DE CAMARA AND MASTER OF THE SPANISH STILL LIFE , IS IN OUR NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTS IN SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON ,D.C.,WITH HIS FOUR SEASONS OF FOODS AND FRUITS,FLOWERS AND FOWLS...

IN A SUNNY SPRING SOIREE
ON A GRAND GARDEN OF
STILL SOUL
I SIT WITH LUIS MELENDES.
ARE THESE REALLY STILL
OR THAT'S HOW WE LOOK LIKE
FACING THE NATURE?
AN OLD GUARD SIGNALING TO ME
NOT TO PICTURE THESE
OUTSIDE THE CITADEL.
IS SHE REALLY STILL
OR THAT'S HOW THE GUARDS OF THE WORLD
LOOK LIKE
FACING THE STILL LIFE?
SILENCE
SPEAKING
SOMEHOW
STILL.

STILL
SPEAKING IN
SILENCE.

LIFE IS STILL
GOING STILL
IN STILL LIFE.

-F.S.

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