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Poem: An Allegory for Our Times

15 NOVEMBER, 2021 • By Jenny Pollak

Australian Bushfires – Abstractionism 131 cm x Width 198 cm Estelle Asmodelle 2019 — “Australian Bushfires – Abstractionism,” 131 cm x 198 cm, 2019 (courtesy artist Estelle Asmodelle).

A poem by Jenny Pollak

—after Goya’s Disparate alegre (Merry folly)

We dance in the dark as the world slowly turns
and our shadows fall dumb
as the candlestick burns.

Look how we move, we say, blind in our pleasure,
and, don’t we look good
as we’re dancing together?

The land, it shrinks further, the sea rises higher,
but, let’s raise a toast, we all cry,
To the weather!

The feet of the hanged man dance quicker, dance faster,
as we close our eyes
and we toast to our pleasure.

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Poem: An Allegory for Our Times

A poem by Jenny Pollak

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