genesis 2018 final digital.pdf


Sharp Season
Nancy Lee

He escaped
his clan and insisted
on a new name.
He left family behind

in a murderous machine
up North.

He demanded 
freedom of  thought,

He tended
his artistic talent
and birthed
multiple galleries.
His rough magic
curated the work
of  ample artists 
through thickets
of  gallery walls
and career pitfalls.

He slipped,
though, and fell
       down
into his mind.

in prisms of  selves
he knew
but did not know.

He excommunicated

John B (Not His Real Name), October 18, 1953 – June 29, 2017



Sharp Season
put down piano
abandoned guitar
shredded canvas

his multiple voices

and a sea of  inertia.

He caged 
himself  
in a prison
of  broken teeth
and television. 

lungs his
harsh words 
repelled friends.

He escaped
his earth 
on the last Thursday

Took a power saw
to his ready neck.

and let himself  
       leak 
on the leaves in his yard.

all is quiet now.