Answered Prayers and Willard Preachers (2018 edition/2nd edition)
This is the second, emended edition (2018) of Answered Prayers and Willard Preachers by Adam Fieled. The first edition was released in 2016.
This is the second, emended edition (2018) of Answered Prayers and Willard Preachers by Adam Fieled. The first edition was released in 2016.
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Basement: Philadelphia Museum of Art: Summer 1996<br />
Art, it would seem, is a nice way of<br />
saying that everything resides in hell—<br />
the pictures are anguish— the negatives,<br />
hiding somewhere, ecstasy.<br />
Pictures mounted on plain grey walls.<br />
Slow viewers puzzle themselves; sashay,<br />
bug-like, into corners. I am not,<br />
unfortunately, basking in the open glow of<br />
abundant creativity, but am thrashed<br />
by a sense of impotence. How do I<br />
let the images in? The blonde over<br />
there: does she do penance by giving<br />
head? Fractions, pinpoints of light distill<br />
from a low ceiling— footsteps, cacophony<br />
of breaths being drawn. Eyes of an<br />
artist, mine of a bloodhound. Staid types sniff the walls.<br />
Art, it would seem, is<br />
a nice way of saying that everyone<br />
resides in hell— the people are anguish—<br />
the angels, hiding somewhere, ecstasy.
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