The pastels—
what cloud could dampen
that yellow?
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Mary Cassatt’s pastels box at National Gallery of Art
Mary Cassatt’s pastels box at National Gallery of Art
Always remember
we’re zipped
together.
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Barnett Newman, “Fourth Station” (1960)
Al Bean left NASA
to paint
with an unconventional palette
heat shield particles
and Moon dust
and Command Module gold
mixed in with
the ordinary colors
of Earth.
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Saved my tears
for the very end–
safe splashdown.
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Small moon
drifting in the black:
afterthought.
#NaPoWriMo, Day 30. (Cassini image of Epimetheus, Dec. 5, 2014. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)