Sacrifice

  Architecture is the sacrifice of Time

Friday, January 14, 2022

Ode to La Ribaute (a tribute to Anselm Kiefer)

Will grass grow over my cities?

Will knowledge sprout from lead?

Can anything grow on my books?

When columns tuber the earth,

Will it be as above so below?

Can I turn to ash what books have done to me?

Can I shatter reflections to present a self-forming?

Can I wreck mirrors into a million pieces for a myriad 'me's?

What if stars fell as crystal rain?

Does the molten streak of an underground stream keep the light it catches?

Can concrete come alive in its sinews?

When does material become carnal?

Can I grow concrete in my garden?

When a slow ash falls on grit-gripping canvas,

and I struggle with the fish at hand,

Have I cast death upon you?

©Ganapathy Mahalingam, 2016-2022

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