Some Glad Morning by Barbara Crooker

Author:Barbara Crooker [Crooker, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780822986935
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Entering the House of Awe,

La Grotte Ornée du Pech Merle

where 25,000 years ago, someone used moss, colored ochre,

sticks of charcoal, and a herd of spotted horses appeared,

galloping across the plains of a cave wall. Working in the flicker

of rush light, the artist outlined in black, filled in with brown or red.

Always in motion, these ponies thunder across the rock face, fresh

as if they were drawn yesterday. Was the painter surprised

by what emerged? Would she be amazed to know that they’re

still here, cantering in the dark? She ground red ochre

to a fine powder with mortar and pestle, then placed her hand

on the cold stone, picked up a hollow bone, and blew. What

remains is a negative, the opposite of the plaster casts our children

brought home from nursery school. The horses are dappled

by stenciled dots and finger prints dipped in color.

I think I can hear them snort, feel their grassy breath,

and then I realize it’s the touch of your hand brushing mine,

or someone blowing pigment in the dark.

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