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Sport 37: Winter 2009
Jane's Paintings
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Jane's Paintings
(Jane Pountney 1949–2004)
1
I'm tired of writing
letters to dead friends
2
I remember
how elated she was
having sold a painting
to be able to buy materials
for another larger work
and how the new scale
made her stretch her arms
and art
3
in the absence
of a God
she could believe in
McCahon was her god
a flawed and stumbling
exemplar
who wrote his name
on dark
with light
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4
for a long time
all she owned
of value
was the McCahon
she eventually sold
to buy a house
to paint in
5
busy vigorous generous loud
not nearly
for long enough