Painting in Blue

As quick as it hits the air
this color makes me rabid
frenetic
fanatical
a moth to flame
gotta gotta paint in it
get down with it
smear it up and down
see that deep Shiva
(TM)
phthalo midnight
wide-open cobalt blue
squished
into the warp and weft
shoved
under my fingernails
stained
over the whorls of my palms
touch
me
faster
drown
in this
hungry thirsty
thick slick and oily
under my brush
push it
deeper
into canvas
blend it through
pure bright blue
turn it back
add some black
gotta gotta have
my rabid blue
streaked
striped
striated
and marked
undeniable.

PamEhli/2001


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