Paper Mummy Hearts

By: Charles Giuliano - Sep 06, 2024

 

Paper Mummy Hearts

The forgotten artist
That could be all
Or at least
Most of us
Who went to school
Learned the tricks
Paint and plaster
Studied the masters
Broad swaths
Cut through time
Sweeps of a scimitar
I write about the lost
Swept under the rug
Indifferent time
Caring about them
Today transcribing
Sideo and Nora
For book on
Provincetown artists
Secrets and dreams
Shadow catching
When few others do
Like when I
Cut paper hearts
For the mummies
Shucked of scarabs
By rude looters
Looking for a buck
My neighbors
Basement of the MFA
Where in dim light
Had morning coffee
Threw I Ching
Labored for pharaohs
Once great kings
Now just dust
All the artists
I have known and loved
Like wonderful Carlos
Whose show I will
See and review
Tonight with artists
Clinging to edge
So much art but
Nowhere to put it
Paper mummy hearts
Made with much love