After Sundown   YANTRA an art object for contemplation                              by James L. Warner                          Inspired by John Senior The Way Down and Out: The Occult in Symbolist Literature

I. The Way In A stranger stops and bends her brass reflections while she drops her stale gardenia down my wailing saxophone. A deep depression follows me the moment of her letting go. II. The Way Down I lug the aching horn to work and see myself in pools of rain a stranger now oblivious to pain. III. The Way Out In mournful, Grecian bars escape is going up on stage or going down in flames. Glinting like a shrine or glimmering in hell my ups and downs combine. IV. The Way Up My saxophone is glowing as I crawl toward the rim. V. The Way Back An iridescent flower rises weightless in the bell. John Senior taught me how symbolism works, if you want to begin your understanding start here, read his book

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