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Alkyd, Scumble Glaze and oil on canvas,   31 x 48 cm / 242 x 138 cm, 2012

 

Cézanne’s Port

In the foreground we see time and life swept in a race

towards the left hand side of the picture where shore meets shore.

But that meeting place isn’t represented;

it doesn’t occure on the canvas.

For the other side of the bay is Heaven and Eternity,

with a bleak white haze over its mountains.

And the immense water of L’Estaque is a go-between

for minute rowboats.

Allen Ginsberg, Paterson, Summer 1950