A new study made no claims on discovering
anything of value, it was only an extension
of every other study’s conclusions: if we’ve found
abandoned cities under the rainforest’s canopy
using LIDAR let’s assume from here on out
there will be a great deal more buried
in the Earth’s crust. A pocket
of parasites squeezed out of a sheep’s skin.
Here’s everything I know about everything
we don’t know: extreme one-to-oneness
between viewer and painting is rare.
A music unfolds invisibly between the two.
Big swatch of bright orange and that dark blue…
Since I saw my first Rothko
I hear it bleating from the museum wall
like a radio beacon no matter where I’ve traveled.
I remember the paint daubs rising like ancient temples.
I was there in a room in a building in a city
of strangers weeping. I was in love!
And decided to dedicate
myself to enacting that futility.