Franz Marc, Genesis II (Cleveland Museum of Art
Just Don’t Call Me Ishmael
GTimothy Gordon
I’m beyond knowing the Big Picture,
just never finicky raven pivoting
for any hot, bloody mess, geese gone
suddenly summer north, grubworm,
copperhead, about Outback business,
without notice or care, moonlight shine,
shimmer over desert mountain tarn,
restive, swollen night cumuli, dawn cloudburst,
no White Whale, odd, obsessive boss,
life-altering quest, deathless smart mate,
queer cut of Queequeg’s inked-up jib,
just curious, like them, about timeless things
of this world, book-learning gone awry.
GTimothy Gordon
I’m beyond knowing the Big Picture,
just never finicky raven pivoting
for any hot, bloody mess, geese gone
suddenly summer north, grubworm,
copperhead, about Outback business,
without notice or care, moonlight shine,
shimmer over desert mountain tarn,
restive, swollen night cumuli, dawn cloudburst,
no White Whale, odd, obsessive boss,
life-altering quest, deathless smart mate,
queer cut of Queequeg’s inked-up jib,
just curious, like them, about timeless things
of this world, book-learning gone awry.