ecargo4 Aug 2003

There's a lot to like here, but your strong central image is overwhelmed. The gist of it seems to be (and if you're annoyed by editing, then disregard):

We made eight thousand
clay squares and triangles
glazed black and white
and fired each one,

arranged a tesselation
of perfect dimensions
and proper proportions:

an attempted Metamorphoses,
an insect become a fish.

But a week was not long enough.

I returned to the task
ten years later.
Red paint obscures the image,
but it is still intact.

This weekend I will clean it with a wire brush
and try to find a way
to find you
and let you know that it is safe.