 Atelierwand (Studio Wall) by Adolph Menzel (Germany), 1872. Atelierwand (1872) after Adolf Menzel The centerpiece is a young woman’s torso bathed in light. On a dark old wall plaster flesh hangs from hooks in half-shadows-- a menagerie of dismembered brittle white cast, rows of death masks and ashy pale heads, eyes peacefully closed. The centerpiece is a young woman’s torso washed in cold light-- firm right breast, nipple sharp to an old man’s face-- ash left breast by a muscled chest hung in shadows. Scissors hang on pointy spikes with calipers and tangled wire. A gray German shepherd head looks to the floor. A left hand palm turned out delicately catches light. Andrés Castro This poem first appeared in Glasschord. Andrés Castro is a PEN member/volunteer and he is also listed in the Directory of Poets and Writers. He recently launched a blog for new and not so new practicing poets: https://thepracticingpoet.edublogs.org
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August 2020
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