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Lisa Alexander Baron
Another death
after Van Gogh's Sunflowers
Yellow ochre, chrome yellow,
cadmium yellow. A yellow for each
death. Orange, vermilion,
and sienna. An orange for
each absence. Raw color
on the tongue. Each drawn pure
from a tube. No need to mix
or dilute. Just repeat: a yellow for
each death. An orange for each
absence. Yellow, orange.
Chrome yellow for…Sienna,
a fistful of earth for…
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