Jacob

16

"Jackson Pollock"

a match lights
a strike to the sky
a shot calls
and the sparks fly

it sounds like thunder
but it's the best thunder you've ever seen
fireworks
a small stick and a big boom
laced with pastels and paint
Jackson Pollock on the night's canvas

the moon smiles
as she shares her spotlight with the
glowing
brilliant
luminescent cannons fired off into the black
and anyways
she'll be important again tomorrow

and months from now
when i'm sitting in fifth period algebra
i'll always have the memories

of the match's light
strikes being sent up to the sky
shots echoing in the dark
as the sparks fly

Jackson Pollock versus the night