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Thursday, May 14, 2009

A Permanent Pale

Scan the horizon
just below the prairie clouds,
a scene serene and overcast
shadows the earthy greens.
Every color darkened
except her skins
permanent pale.
The limp body draped
in joy's disguise,
fleeting frills and thrills,
laid across sturdy sticks
an offering to the god
of animal and man;
while the line between
savage and civil
burns at both ends.

2 comments:

ambersun said...

Wow - this seems to be about some sort of sacrifice - like the concept where savage and civilised collide.

Amber

Every Photo Tells A Story said...

I agree with Ambersun that the ending explains not only this scene but humanity as well.

"while the line between
savage and civil
burns at both ends."