when i saw this black bamboo at LACMA, i was inspired to write this poem {iPhone photo by sarah nean bruce}

.
more oft than not
it is the painful interplay
of shadows
of bright
of darkness
of light
.
in life
in love
in mind
in spirit
.
that enhances and
improves and
refines and
{thereby}
tragicomically
enlightens
us
.
.
.
not much, a.d.o.

27 May