Overture

Brumalis (acryl/gouache/wall paint/coffee on canvas) 80 x 80 cm c/o Karin Goeppert

GIDDY UP

Frog voices bent in starlight.

Trees and bushes in the backyard

magical as a Steven Spielberg

bio-pic about Norman Rockwell

enchanted as the shadows of a sultry

summer night, a young girl falling in love

with a boy whose only love is his skateboard.

A barely audible shift in mood

leads to actions of life-altering consequence.

For all of this to make sense the world must be seen

as essentially sad yet still able to crack us up.

Frogs laughing in the starlight while a French farmer

sharpens his knives. Cleopatra, fat tabby, dancing

with a field mouse. Steven Spielberg sharing a

pipe with Norman Rockwell’s great-grandson

on a wrap-around porch in Fresno, both men bent beneath

the weight of stars yet giggling anyway, 

giggling about nothing at all.