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I Witness America Painting
January 19, 2022
Fresh paint gleams on a starched white canvas,
abstract, colorful,
the disarray of dyes designing a delicate depiction of emotion,
purified by a back of bright snow-
America's painting may look the same,
an intermingling of colors, textures, lights
a blend of diversity to make a charming composition
a community of differences sharing their umbrella.
Yet the chroma is dark, rough
not like a smooth oil
not unlike a tube of dried paint
smeared unto a grainy slate
of hostility.
© Allison F., Menlo Park, CA
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Based on Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing."