With Math?

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CONSTRUCT

I had always wondered
about the angles of magicians
what’s hidden & what slips
between lip & lip
a breath half uttered
the rouge on flesh
the ears of a rabbit

it could be that the painter predicts
what the conjurer performs
turning wheat fields to turmeric
spring to shimmering saffron-green
orange blaring as marigold
colour cut to shapes

quincunx in black
set against a red triangle shifting
changing surface to depth to perspective
the canvas cloth its warp and woof
to the random construct of the imagination

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Warmth

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ARRESTED-RED

suchxanxanemone
soxoutspoken
wordsxofxtruth

mouthedxcrimson
pulsatingxpurgexplunge
inxyourxface

inxyourxhair
redxpepper
firexalarm

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Graffiti

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BLUE-SILVER-SLATE

siftingxstill
slippedxasxbluedream-shift
beddedxabovexrock

promisexofxmercuryxsettling
axworldxofxfeet
onxtreaded-pavements

thexongoingxreturn
toxvergesxgreen
beyondxshiftsxofxstone

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So&So

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water-white

forxyearsxit
movedxforward
inxsong

tillxitxflipped
thexundersidexallxshiny
likexsilverxsole

estuaryxwash
multi-toned
spiralledxinxflecks

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Awash

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Juli Jana who lives in London and abroad is both a poet and artist. She received a MA in Creative Writing from Roehampton University, London and has had two chapbooks published: ra-t ( Shearsman) and  everybody needs a lunatic (Indigo Dreams). She abstracts life and participates in matching pieces together.

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