Tom Stauder, Chain Totem
Tom Stauder, Chain Totem
$1,495.00
Wood, 94” x 12”
CHAIN TOTEM
By David Frankel
The chains climb high – to what? By what? Their links
Don’t flower, just accumulate; we splice,
Continue splicing – eyes that do not blink,
That stare through empty openings – once; twice;
It could go on forever but it stops.
The way we stop. We think that we’re our own,
But from a distance we – the form will lop
Off any portion with a face. We’re prone
To see our own importance, but the ones
Who pass us by see through us, see our blanks.
Let us just be vertical: we’ll run
Away from faces. Let us just give thanks
For what gives structure. If it’s tall enough we’ll kneel.
We’ll pray for what the upright can reveal.