> Hello Ryfkah,
               I really like the tone and imagery of this piece and the shock of the ending, the point made. I think the reference to Seurat works effectively, too, and the comparison between pointilism and the grain of tv film.


Best wishes,   Mike


> Lähettäjä: Ryfkah * <[log in to unmask]>
> Päiväys: 2004/04/10 la PM 08:35:39 GMT+03:00
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> Aihe: Revision: Point Made
> 
> Point Made
> 
> A point in a Seurat painting
> the man with no legs
> watches the women in the park
> They are with and without children
> 
> A Japanese woman leans against
> a cherry tree in April blossom
> the breeze swirling petals as rain
> 
> A Latin girl reclines on a blanket
> her back exposed to the sun
> Her feet dangling in the lagoon
> another  pregnant  stares at a mother
> duck parading with her ducklings
> Water lilies open mouthed yawn
> 
> In the shade of a weeping willow
> an African American widow laughs
> while a new lover tickles her feet
> 
> Chasing a toddler 
> a lady from Appalachia 
> smiles at her boy?s antics
> Her daughter reads a book of 
> poems by Stephen Crane
> 
> The man with no legs looks back
> on the Iraq war playing and replaying
> the explosion in the market
> All the women and several children
> and he were points in a TV newscast
> 
> Ryfkah 4/9/04; R4/10/04
>