Silhouette Play
after the leap
reunited
with my shadow
/mv
silhouette play . . .
the cat jumps up the shade
/bk
jumble sale—
granddaddy's wayang dolls
for a bargain price
/mv
I get up at night—
on the wall, I have grown
eight feet tall
/bk
bright squares and an oval
where the paintings did hang
/mv
put away but now,
we find again the shapes
of our past
/bk
Wayang (or wajang) dolls are a flat
sort of puppets, made from leather, manipulated by sticks and
used for shadow plays on a screen. They originate from the
Indonesian island of Java.
17-20 may 2004
