SAM FRANCIS: FOUR DRAWINGS

MALICE IN BLUE (Fragments for Sam)

By Yoshiaki Tono

blue, stripped off from the cruel Mediterranean

blue, a drowned bird’s retina peeled off the Catalan sky

blue, fevered with B-type influenza in Tokyo

blue, cut off by the silhouettes of the shabby buildings on Tenth Street

blue, Hokusai imprisoned among the swelling waves

blue, shot and frozen into crystal by a gaze of the rain-god Chac in Mayan ruins

blue, glimpsed by SAS JET scattered among the glaciers of the North Pole

blue, a beautiful negro boy conceals behind the iris

blue bloody brain brimming over with the transparent malice

blue bursting laughter of Cheshire cat swallowed Alice

blue hates blue loves blue curses blue sighs blue hymns blue hangs blue goes

blue balls blue poles blue microbes blue balloons blue kidneys blue nothing

bloody recognition evokes a dialogue in blue

leaves invisible flower-petals fallen from blue

un deux trois quatre cinq six sept et blue

evaporated cathedral crashed up to the firmament blue