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  Kay Bell

In the Middle of the Ocean

2/28/2018

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      after Mark Bradford’s Let's Walk to the Middle of the Ocean
​​
​Artist:
 Mark Bradford
b. 1961, Los Angeles, California
Title: In the Middle of the Ocean
Date: 2015

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On the night we arrive,
it’s raining
and my arms are full
of bubbles    and ocean
and of things
that are beautiful
and real
and you.

This is a small dream;
this blue. black. yellow. night,
and our city is regal;
we glitter the road.
 
But somehow,
we keep getting back
to the day after
where everything’s ruined
and bruised
and our hands are unholy.

We get back to the place
where  we are not ready
​
to swim this current
or dreams.
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