Close the knives, 2021
Acrylic on linen
67 x 65 inches (170 x 165 cm)
Private collection. © Tobin Lush
disordered world
the glaring white
carried to the mouth
locked to the land
hands drag blood
from the wheels edge
tied in the back
thorn to the birds
unrest the godless
glean the shallows
grey weighted sky
heavy on dust
fire in the hillside
speed of winter
the wind
the wheat
the sky