Alexandra Ekkelenkamp Netherlands

B L A C K M A I L P R E S S

B L A C K M A I L P R E S S

B L A C K M A I L P R E S S

at dawn this sand in this light in this morning morning light this sand born out of born out of sea silent sea this sand undisturbed completely undisturbed this sand no shoe prints no crabs no ripples no gravity just this sand Lullaby for the traveller The landscape is a patchwork quilt and the Volvo is a cradle silver ribbons that pretend to be rivers are the threads that keep the patches of green together if you reach out with your finger and your thumb, you can feel the lush softness of treetops - but beware of churches the tips of their towers will sting you and wake you from your soft sleepiness still there is no need to worry the pastels of picturesque houses their pinks, creams, yellows will lull you to sleep and the car will softly, slowly rock with an engine humming that german tune you love so well Prow Carvings she is deep water green mirror with stars shyly paddle ripples her skin & a prow cuts its first curved lines leaps forward paddles are insect legs slender stems surface fingers wrapping wood hesistating the prow dips in deeper but no fear: insects are born in water waiting until she lets go: a final scratch leaving smooth wet wood adorned this is winter little Bram only knew it when he sank three foot in it real snow is black Maries knees cracked like woodsplinters frozen ground beats concrete hunger ties a thousand knots in childrens stomachs potatoes only rot in cellars if these maps weren't skin I'd burn them* painting traveling from A to B and, if possible, up to the border where your skin stops and your hair begins painting this is the highway here we've got some mountains there goes my thumb my traveler painting hiking from A to B and, if possible, even further up and down your spine i don't need a suitcase you left me painting my artelier turned into a bedroom again all i've got left now are some matches and some gasoline oh yeah. and some paint.                               *Title is a quote from poem by Richard Zola

All works copyrighted Alexandra Ekkelenkamp Used with kind permission of the Poet

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