O'Malley, Mary C.

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59Mary C. O’MalleyWhile Standing in Front of  Henri Rousseau’sWoman Walking in an Exotic Forestby Mary C. O’MalleyI feel the heat of his jungle asfungal smells dissipateinto the present time of themuseum. Orange sunshang from primeval fronds,while someone like me(a lady in white frills) standsstilled as a wild blue cockatooawaiting a spider to eat.Termite and bird layeredsounds slither fromcracks between the canvasand bronzed frame.Giant blue flowers push againsta gravity of reason.This conjured heaven orpast Eden’s life invadesswallows whole my humiddreams. And it permeates myprimitive bloodrelights archaicgenes while we swirlon a tilted planet ina galaxy so far from peace.

While Standing in Front of Henri Rousseau's Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest

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While Standing in Front of Henri Rousseau's Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest

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