Fernando Botero

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Fernando Botero

Fernando,
painter of
opulence,
truculence,
poverty—
spokes-artist of
America, South
of us.
Religion,
politics,
earthquakes,
terror.
No hidden
meaning,
you say.
But to me,
layer-upon-
layers of
questions
without
answers
swim around
in my head,
collide with
my comfort,
urge me to
reconsider
the definition
of sin.


Victoria C. Slotto

Posted over on her site liv2write2day's Blog
Listed as #18 over on dVerse Poetics-Botero Prompts