Between Painting and Photograph

by
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:47 pm CST

El Prado’s great trees and faded colors

stare from this old post card,

its dusky colors between painting and photograph,

YOU Can Support The Texas Observer Today

Become a Member

and start receiving the magazine

Subscribe

Stay Informed

Sign up for our weekly newsletter

Spread the Word

Give a friend a gift subscription

Give a Gift

stamps and printed postmark

part of the ruse.

 

In another life I might look at this scene

and see a secret garden.

But this was where they grabbed him

January 3, 1974. He went out at 9

and never came home.

Margaret Randall is a poet, photographer and activist currently living in Albuquerque, N.M. This poem is from her collection, As If The Empty Chair: Poems for the Disappeared (Wings Press).

by
Published Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:47 pm CST

You May Also Like:

Popular Articles Now:

by
Published Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:47 pm CST
Top