Pablo Picasso

Surround this lemon with shapeless eggwhite!

Coat this eggwhite with a supple, delicate blue!

Even though the straight black line comes from you,

the dawn is there behind your painting.

And countless walls are crumbling

behind your painting, and you (with the fixed stare

of a blind man or a lunatic)

are raising a tall sword in the empty space.

A hand, why not another hand?

And why not the mouth as naked as a feather?

Why not a smile, and why not teardrops

at the edge of the canvas where the tacks are playing?

This is other people's daylight. Let the shadows have their chance!

With one blink of your eyelids, leave it at that!