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CARAVAGGIO

Chiaroscuro
Caravaggio
Michelangelo

When you see
You know.

In Malta I saw

The Beheading of the Baptist
Leaned in so far
I got a warning -

Electronic barrier
Yellow card

Bathed in light
A brutal darkness is enacted

John in life
In death

I have never tried
To paint

What I can do
is words

To be spoken aloud

I will paint with words Der hl. Matthäus schreibt sein Evangelium mit Hilfe eines Engels
Bring out the light and dark- Caravaggio, 1602

Chiaroscuro Bode-Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Brian Fahy is a former priest and a former mediator for sep-
arating parents in child related issues. He writes poetry ev-
ery day.

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