december 2
predawn, low sky of clouds, -3°C.
i start out on the poëm
of my prEdawn ^walk
feet tap-ping-the-type-wri-
ter-keys-of-each-step
i usually walk ] [ alone
do my own editing
but,, today,,
e.
e.
cummings
{joins me}
co-opts
the white flag! of a deer’s
raised tail
as an exclamation point
the—passing—headlights
of a vehicle as em dashes
the cottontails … of … rabbits
as … ellipses
the lights on the Curves
of a (wreath) as parentheses
electric window candles
as periods. and. then. invites.
me. to. go. wild;
wild. even. by. his. standards™.
when we pass a house
lit from stem° to stern
with °holiday lights ***
he says,,
heRe«
find a place___ for these
and ¡ do
::;”&*#^//?^v°]
$@+[=>°~•<::´`
—dotty seiter
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~8 x 5.5″; oil paint, collage, and watercolor pencil on paper
work in progress
2025
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Notes for poem and art:
• I wonder where “december 2” would have gone without e.e. cummings!
• Who’s Afraid is the third face I created rapidly and intuitively during my Jane Davies Zoom class in September. Again, I grabbed a piece of used palette paper given me by friend Lola, glued it onto a piece of card stock, looked for a face in the chaos layer, and highlighted/invented several facial features using a variety of materials.
dottyseiter: now playing 
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