Wednesday, December 12, 2007



Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

The Blindman's Meal, 1903
Oil on canvas
95.25 x 94.62 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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COMMUNION
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(After seeing Picasso´s "The Blind Man´s Meal")
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The blue translucence bodies forth his world´s dim monotone
Upon the anonymous square of table the sightless meal
The napkin spread beside the empty plate.
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The face portrays the hunger´s hum
The blind and reaching lips move toward the smell
The blind neck turns to lean
Stretched and unnourished like the eyes.
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One hand caresses broken bread
One hand stretched out, the fingers feeling for the wine
Elbows and forearms, firm on the table
Balance the blind silence
Give direction to the mute unguided dark.
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The blind man´s lips commune with guessed-at wine
Murmuring his soul´s need
Loved voices at the table´s loneliness.
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There is no calloused line in this whole face
Resigned, he sits his unmolesting bitterness
His tamed profile, his uncounting heart.
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Hy Sobiloff ( 1912-1970)
In the Deepest Aquarium
New York, 1959 Dial Press
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