Holly Antrum

1 of 3 analogous things

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Two armies, tilted towards co-
impaction. Paolo Uccello’s Battle of San
Romano.

Panel one and panel three stand apart,
left in London, right in Paris.
Abstractions permitted.

We can travel by train between them,
see one, go back, see the other – exist
in the painting’s narrative duration – 8
hours – the passage of a day’s work.

circle – journey
rectangle – panel, letter, floor
triangle – thought

2 of 3 analogous things

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Stag beetles, lighter than a pair of
kid’s sunglasses.
Locked together by the horns: a
slow, ineffective scramble to
combat the surface of the other.

In the garden, leaf-edges beneath
them go unmoved, almost.