"Pancakes," 2009, Joshua Abelow

Pancakes
09/2009 Joshua Abelow

ka-chink
ka-chink
ka-chink

that's the sound
my staple gun
makes
in the
studio

over the years
I have
amassed
an
amazing
amount
of stuff

the paintings
pile up
like
giant stacks
of pancakes

so I pack them up
and
move them around
from one
place
to another
place

when too many amass
I destroy
the ones
I didn't have
the courage
to destroy
before

this is called

EDITING

but here
i go
again

ka-chink
ka-chink
ka-chink

I am making
more
pancakes

I hope
they
are
tasty