Speed of Light
soot soaked shadows
projecting moving pictures
upon a cavedwelling wall
as toxic bonfires choke life from the artist
prehistoric transfers to permanent
pale paraffin candles melt dimension into painted canvases
oily pigments made more unctuous
baked by their heat
zoetropes
magic lanterns
klieg lights
and their wrath of flame
illuminate all things
seen and unseen
and take their turn substituting for day
flashflashblindingflash
when we finish here
like gods
we will learn to move the sun
Lou Jones
December 2006
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