an almost accidental gathering of poets
 
   
 
 
Tara Kneale
 (1993)
Vermeer´s White Light
Vermeer´s white light, entering
Always from the left, like
Another figure present in the
painting
Must have been warm as it coolly
Revealed ordinary people in
Extraordinary ways. Especially
The one where they´re placing
folded linen
In the cabinet. You can smell
The light hot on clean sheets,
Bright on irregular features.
You can clip the moment off
And trim it down, and chew it
Like a piece of gum that´s lost
Its flavor but is still a comfort.
You can imagine the people at night
On their beds, limbs wrapped in
sheets
Damp with sweat and crumpled
Like the minds, crumpled round
dream
Shut tight behind eyes looking
Leftward, waiting for the entrance
Of Vermeer´s white light.
   
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