The sacred art:
the statues that were made by the basket weavers
the pots that were made by the statue-makers
the baskets that were made by the pot people
in the jungle on the plains
these statues came together
covered in semen and blood
they meant something
about the survival against the lions
Now they are in a tourist shop
built out of cardboard
and I buy it and put it on the shelf
when on vacation.
The sacred writings:
Created in caves by candlelight
in dungeons dug by man
people died carrying the stones
to make this small coffin in the ground
where the monk writes
over and over again
These writings on animal hide
with ink from the eye of the octopus
and fine colors ground from
the sea shells and the clay
painstakingly applied
with a small brush
made of animal hair
and attached with an animal glue
rabbit or egg
I lost track.
I see the images now
on a computer screen
as I glance for five seconds
before returning
to work and cat videos.