Jennifer Cooper
joint pigment
I
pear edge here
where tiny red bug
wing & early plum
dare fragrance
clear water
vast droplet
II
naphthol crimson
carmine
rouge
the cardiac
arborist
the looking for
ornithologist
all your phthalo
against my
green
III
french blue cabbage purple busted mustang yellow under tundra black
mongolia gold steppe brown prezwalski auburn in thin ice archeologist belt buckle green
penguin in the zoo pool aquamarine
Indian summer crimson on orange flame frame California poppy orange or
Garibaldi damselfish in
abalone silver pink shell La Jolla Cove blue
mullet silver-grey bucket hat checkered red hued canoe
clawed aratú munch Canguaretama verdant mangrove
boguainvillea fuchsia behind hélio oiticica meta black meta blue lilac on the mean waiter eggplant walls
of the gallery
plum wine plum
frota ochre thrown mashed potato beige on baby-carrot & pea-mash burnt umber
spilt cinnamon rust
mustard!
Whiskey!
VI
taints
assassin’s glove
treasure trove
below sky above
raskolnikov
pigeon
hovers over corner
bakery sign announcing
the price
yellow lettered
chalk on black-
board
VII
skirt tumbling
her chestnut
her ecru
over oak arm of chair
mangle moist
shrimp pink glistening
colors Dolores &
Odette Odette
whips crumble from her
cream puff tea lips
fingers strike
matches & flame
wicks of amber
stuck beeswax votives
bayberry sweet
burn honey & fruit
VIII
black & white