Tanya Standish McIntyre, In the Belly of Earth’s Dreams (Website, Twitter, Instagram)
Mixed media on canvas, 26 x 26 in

the greater good of collective sadness
the greater god of gut feelings
 
the greatness of the ant
or one of us against a sky
 
or the great fat whale of a time spent
listening to your children aggrandize the world
 
when what else is there but their thinking
and the good gosh of our unknown
 
ours because it’s personal
like all our best mistakes
 
merged into greater obscurity
look or don’t look at it
 
but don’t expect to be surprised
by the big containers
 
their efforts
countering the greater utility
 
with the greatest
theater
 
the collected sadness
the cut feelings
 
we’re all interested
in what’s unclaimed

Julie Choffel

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