Inspired by Jacob Lawrence Harlem Series No.2

Ms. Haiku

She does not look at the food as if it
is a gift from God, abundant and shared.
She looks at it as coins available
for a trade. Just show a little more than
the white of her eye to remove the frayed
tablecloth. Show the white of a freshly
pressed dress that matches military
crosses. That white smells of a harsh winter.
She throws the coins like marbles hoping to
grab more as they roll away and fall
like a light inconsequential rain off
the table. Sunlight turns them from smudged to gold.
She locks the door and walks past each street sign,
offers an exchange, a challenge, a game.

FinsburyParkCarrots

I like this one very much.

ISN

bibliobella this is brilliant....I wanted Finsbury to comment on it first, hoping he would explain why it's brilliant.....I don't know how to say why it's so well-formed, I just know that it is....hehehehhee

Ms. Haiku

Hello and thank you! If you think this is brilliant, you should see the painting that inspired it.

of_the_girl

Originally posted by Bibliobella
She does not look at the food as if it
is a gift from God, abundant and shared.
She looks at it as coins available
for a trade. Just show a little more than
the white of her eye to remove the frayed
tablecloth. Show the white of a freshly
pressed dress that matches military
crosses. That white smells of a harsh winter.
She throws the coins like marbles hoping to
grab more as they roll away and fall
like a light inconsequential rain off
the table. Sunlight turns them from smudged to gold.
She locks the door and walks past each street sign,
offers an exchange, a challenge, a game.

haha ISN I'm as speechless as you!! I can't even pick out the parts that jumped out at me because I'm not even sure. It's one of those writings that just... happens. And the reader is just taken in. I could picture everything. And now that I know it's a painting I wanna see!