States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Ascriptions' by Pam Brown
I love the whole world
she said,
without sounding
corporate
(Agnes Martin
said it)
I love arctic phlox
but
have never seen it
*
a bit 'light'
on equipment –
a T-square
& a tape measure
might need extra
for researching
to avoid
grains of salt
*
(an ascription)
Agnes Martin
was a lesbian
tho
she often
denied it
wonder
how her lovers
took that?
*
&, now,
a new question
it's
for Moe Tucker
(Velvets drummer)
why why
the Tea Party?
furious
about the way
we're being led
towards socialism
(Moe Tucker
said it)
no no no Moe
'we're' not
&
that's the trouble
politics though
can happen
ominously,
with what
between
the rich & the socialites
& technology
couldn't play
a perfect roll
for a million dollars
moody
cymbals
never mattered
*
Agnes Martin,
had she lived
long long long,
might have been
Tea Party
her capable paintings
put me
to sleep
(reproduction only)
making a map
of hints
& clues
you'll never know
what
abstraction
is
unless
you ask
the women
*
I dream another grid
Pam Brown