Monotone triptych to a soft horizon;
Hyperbolic green, stuck to the turned
Earth as our pre-picture of "work on the farm."
Far off, in the rain-dim light
One farmhouse changes the otherwise blank horizon —
Whiter still under the gray lid;
Lid that too has painted the fence, post
White.
An aspect of otherlife.
No bullets now of storm
Just unhungry green
And saint's white.
Hyperbolic green, stuck to the turned
Earth as our pre-picture of "work on the farm."
Far off, in the rain-dim light
One farmhouse changes the otherwise blank horizon —
Whiter still under the gray lid;
Lid that too has painted the fence, post
White.
An aspect of otherlife.
No bullets now of storm
Just unhungry green
And saint's white.
By William V. Ray
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William V. Ray is a teacher and writer. An excerpt of his work On the Authority of the Moon was published in the online journal The Art Bin. On the Authority of the Moon is available in a Kindle edition on Amazon.com. "Study in Green and White," is from an unpublished collection titled Courting the Monkey. Ray is also one of the authors/consultants of the Glencoe Literature 2000 series.
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