Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The Art of Death


The Art of Death

Sculptors are starving so most
stone angels only appear

on fancy tombstones when the artist
wears the mantle of monumental mason,

carving deep the desperate calligraphy,
“requiescat in pace” on anchors, arches, birds,
books, cherubs, dolphins, hands and hearts.


Glenn Buttkus March 2010

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