Today's poem is by Angela Ball

Words from a Painting by Giorgio di Chirico
       

I am mannequin
and still life
plucked from wire
in Verdun. If you prefer,
think of my eye cups
as motorcycle glasses;
if you prefer, think
of my thoughts
as fish, noble,
never to be caught.
I'll mount my Ducati,
speed through storms
to Santiago
de Compostella, become
a holy shell
in a field of stars

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