How To Draw a Bull (if You’re Picasso)
Flesh out the contours—
muscles, legs, head—
then thicken the body
with crosses, curves, shadings—
then erase— erase—
erase— erase—
What’s left? Six lines
that snort, fume, stomp, charge.
(I appreciate everyone’s artistry this month!)
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Stark!
Wonderful! So surprising. Your dashes make me think of Dickinson but she couldn’t have known about Picasso. Probably she could have imagined him.
In the poetry afterlife maybe Dickinson knows Picasso. Maybe she’s scolding him for his treatment of women.
Yep. Giving him the business, for sure.
Fun!
And what a fantastic six lines you’ve written!
I see it!