Cezanne said that
but no one believed him
All we really see
is light valiantly massacred
the mineral-laden earth
with its zillions of herbal veins
and carnivorous flowers
mere pinpoints of light
reverberations of molecular light
adorned with ornaments
of human bones
George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat Review, Moria Poetry Journal, Chronogram Journal, Ampersand Literary Review, The Angle at St. John Fisher College, and 3:16 Journal. George’s blogs, essays and letters have appeared in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Havana Times, South China Morning Post, The Buffalo News, and more.
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