James Penha

Elin's Canvas

Sketch me
a roadster,
paint it red
no eye can avoid
but the storm fomenting
above the mountain that soars
behind the infinite filament of road I drive.
Clouds guffaw
at my minitude; they see
more crimson in sea and sand,
in the sun, in the night
than in me
in my car.

Think of this landscape
as my self-portrait.

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