Permanently

                                                                            A storm is coming                 fleeting across fields of color

                                                                      thickly painted clouds                 pipe smoke out an open window

                                                                                                    press                 black ink into a bowl of reduced-fat milk

                                                                                         your house                 a canvas

                                                                      sunlit in glossy whites                 greens & tangerines

                                                                           & blues blotted out                 torn apart

                                                                                      no room for                  your accident

                                                                             light in your halls                  altered to look like art

                                                                              greens & reds of                   rust-colored hinges

                                                                                      flowers fade                  ochre & orange & red on red

                                                                                           fall away

                                                                                             entirely                   gathered in the garage beside

                                                                                          only grey                   your favorite painting

                                                                                                     left                   folded up

                                                                                          pasted on                  a faint aroma

                                                                                                     you will breathe it in