{"id":1406,"date":"2008-10-05T14:13:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-05T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2008-10-05T14:13:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-05T14:13:00","slug":"new-prose-poem-by-cynthia-barlow-marrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/new-prose-poem-by-cynthia-barlow-marrs\/","title":{"rendered":"New prose poem by Cynthia Barlow Marrs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Workshop<\/span>


Nothing is in its proper place. That is, we have to ask: Where are the
\nproper places for all the tools at our disposal? Signs, labels are
\ntaped on drawers and cupboards. Still we walk back and forth, back and
\nforth, asking the air, Where is the garlic press, the small saucepan,
\nthe knife sharpener? I\u2019ve tied my apron on, but how do I open the chest
\nfreezer. Is the oven working. Is my brain working. Would it help if I
\nsharpened a pencil?<\/span>


\nEverything is in its proper place. That is, we say: Here are the proper
\nplaces for all the tools at our disposal. Signs, labels are taped on
\ndrawers and cupboards. Still we walk back and forth, back and forth,
\npointing out, Here is the garlic press, the small saucepan, the knife
\nsharpener. Look, I tie my apron on and open the chest freezer. See, the
\noven is working. Notice my brain working. Let me draw you a diagram.<\/span>


\nNothing is in its proper place. That is, we have to ask: Where are the
\nproper places for all the tools at our disposal? Signs, labels are
\ntaped on the wrong drawers and cupboards. Still we walk back and forth,
\nback and forth, asking ourselves, Who lost the garlic press, the small
\nsaucepan, the knife sharpener? What is an apron, a chest freezer. How
\ndoes an oven work. Is my brain working. Would it help if you drew me a
\ndiagram?<\/span>



* Cynthia Barlow Marrs is an artist. For her most recent solo exhibition she drew on her previous experience as an environmental planner, her current career as an artist and her experience in creative writing to create a five metre-long work of art <\/span>Undercurrents – Ten Views through a River of Words<\/span>. One of Cynthia's newest paintings will be displayed as a poster in this month's <\/span>Art Below<\/span> exhibition on London Underground (tho at which Tube station she does not yet know!) This prose poem was originally published on the Arvon website.  <\/span>
www.cbarlowmarrs.com<\/a>
www.artbelow.org.uk<\/a>
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