THE BIOGRAPHER

On the effects of walking the woods

in autumn

Kandinsky said,

‘A never-ending extent of red

can only be seen in the mind.’¹

Such a red

cannot materialize outwardly.

To wit,

Marx will counter:

‘I do not have in mind

some imaginary

possible communism.

But actually existing communism.

This communism is only a special manifestation

of the humanistic

principle which is still infected by its opposite —

private being.’²

Autumn.

The sky streaked with silk parachutes

or by tears.

A sparkling epidemic.

I think if the world truly tore in half it would seep blue.

1 Kandinsky, 1911.
2 Marx, 1843.