The Depth of Make Believe
two dimensions imagine a third
creating space between the legs
of a body of ancient knowledge
flesh rushes over the roots of sculpture
that is informed by the overlap of flat depth
lines intertwine in a field of limitations
as the skin of absence covers the flatness
with an illusion of bones and muscle
the human form is gripped with abstraction
and struggles to maintain its sense of self
as the colors of ego create a fertile foreground
where the memory of future figures
rise up from the make believe like a tree
Phil Demise Smith
NYC, artist, writer, musician
