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Mandate
Edvard Munch
Art punch
Blood red sky
Silent the cry.
Solace
In silence
Sought;
But naught.
Early morning
No warning
Darkness descends
Starkness upends.
Bursts of interest,
Momentary.
Searches for rest,
Arbitrary.
Human
My acumen;
Unable
To label.
Real, not fake
For his sake
I continue
Seeking sinew.
Czeslaw Milosz
No gauche
The dead in living trust
So, living, speak, I must.*
*Czeslaw Milosz’s 1980 Nobel acceptance speech contains the truth, “Those who are alive receive a mandate from those who are silent forever.” Edvard Munch’s “Silent Scream” is an apt artistic depiction for all who have no words in their agony.
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