Witness Magazine

The Sky is Overcast

By
Poetry•Vol. XXVI No. 2 (Summer 2013)

“It is not a spirit which has made things.”
Artaud

the little rabbi paints
what he sees
a farm
that harvests flames
—horses hanging
sows from hooks—
the aging couple
drowning themselves
in a golden pool
behind the trees

the little rabbi paints what he sees

Lucas Rivera
Lucas M. Rivera lives in Brooklyn, NY. He co-edits Called Back Books w/ the poet Sharon Zetter and is currently working with the philosopher Dr. Marek Bielecki. His work has appeared in comma,poetry. Forthcoming work will appear in various places.