WELL MATCHED

(Art Anselm Kiefer) – (Poem Jay Simpson)

Well Matched

Burnt cigarette promised landing

porch rests against the stake

lifeboat lost sea of sand

trouble brews dubious encounters

needle thread lovers’ sheltering

intonation off beat starry eyed

worlds obliterated sirens racing

private parties pools stooges

dive deep hit concrete

head crash heart race

coverups in the ante room

sexual liaisons interrupted

hard liners cell phones

president’s scandalous retribution

loyal supporters petrol drums

wild beasts lift their weapons

angry mobs’ suicide bombers

the world is fixed with the flick of a switch

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“Born at the close of World War II, Kiefer reflects upon and critiques the dangerous myths that propelled the Third Reich to power. Fusing art and literature, painting and sculpture, the artist engages German history and the ancestral epics of life and death.“