Friday, December 31, 2010

Third Christmas Card (The Sistine Madonna) Valentine

These must be the two
most sublimely solemn
faces ever painted
think what you must
to have met them and
to have painted them
at this time in their lives
even if you disregard
what the boy and mother
subsequently became
but just as a painting
the way she’s holding
him as if preparing
to pass him over to you
even knowing what
will happen next.

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