Automat
---- Big Frank Dickinson
What you cannot see in this painting
Are the machines that gave this woman
Her coffee; she did not have to speak
To anyone at all; nor must she speak
While drinking; but she cannot stop thinking.
The words are delivered to her in automatic
Efficiency - only the words that she wants
And only her words for she's in charge.
She takes those words with coffee
At this public table with herself;
It is a treat for her, and something
That she looks forward to each day.
The lights reflected in the dark
Window are in pairs that mirror
The internal conversation that
Accompanies her tiny sips.
1 comment:
Hey Frank!
This is my favorite from this sequence so far (are there more to come?) - I especially love the contrast of the negative space of the machine with the description of the little happiness she's made for herself, which so perfectly matches the contrast of darkness and brightness in the painting itself - kudos!
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