Van Gogh's Poetry

by

Frank Valentyn

You would well recognise her, Vincent
as the nun
who in her bitter loving habit
advised you cold bath watercures
when you felt it coming
and with her sombre smile
declined the gift and its spectral insights
because nobody bought them anyway

You recognised her, Vincent
in those you cried to in desperation
severing who would not hear
to put them at safer bloodied distance

And finally you recognized her
in the aim you applied yourself
painting, at last, the indigestible
at its centre
and letting it work its cathartic ways
processing their opinions
(timelessly entrenched in paradigm
anticipating standard potatoes)
as self-moulding gift
carefully answering their expectations

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