Precious Pear #5

I intended this to be read straight through, but I also included an insane number of hyperlinks for anyone who is interested in the references. Sort of like if the Met made magnet poetry...

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(Meternity)

The autumn rhythm broke with
The creation and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise.
Venus and the lute player marveling at
The Allegory of the planets and continents as they watch
Christ carrying the cross; the adoration of shepherds.
The great wave splitting,
Blind to the approaching thunderstorm.

The winter scene in moonlight.
After Adam and Eve were Samson and Delilah.
Screaming woman with blood on her hands
as the angel of death takes the head of a man.
Blessed art thou among women, but cursed by the Puritan.
Heed Icarus, the bird in space,
Light but antigraceful.
Wave your white flag, before you too fall.

Two hands welcoming Spring; the Epiphany.
Young man and woman in an inn,
The accommodations of desire.
Chance encounter at 3 a.m. flames until five p.m.
The night creatures.
The flesh eaters.
The garden of love.

Summer morning dawns on a new face
Taking the road west over Brooklyn Bridge.
The little fourteen-year-old dancer with eyes wide open.
The young woman with a water pitcher pours the cup of tea-
Now the Titan’s goblet.
The woman stepping out; portrait of a lady.
Victory for the prisoners from the front.