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Untitled(Parkvile, Baltimore County): photo by Patrick Joust, 12 October 2013
As the shades of evening come down
The colour of the spattermarks seems to be changing
From golden autumnal red to a deep rich brown
Tone of old mahogany or teak.
Blood matures as it dries.
By tomorrow they'll have hosed
The telltale stains off the pavement, by next week
No one will remember what happened,
Still the next act of the dark farce will never be far to seek,
Still the next act of the dark farce will never be far to seek,
A tableau vivant
Waiting behind the billowing black curtain
Hung above the neon lit stage
That's actually a vacant lot
Rank with last summer's tall weeds
Behind a taller security fence:
This is the place known as America,
It is all anyone could ever want,
And hidden somewhere in its aching blue night
There will always be the longshot hope for a new morning
Until there's not.
Untitled(Hamilton, Baltimore County): photo by Patrick Joust, 13 October 2013
Untitled (Baltimore): photo by Patrick Joust, 12 October 2013
Untitled: photo by Patrick Joust, 21 April 2010
Untitled (Hope, Providence, Rhode Island): photo by Patrick Joust, 1 August 2013
Untitled (Woodlawn, Pawtucket, Rhode Island): photo by Patrick Joust, June 2013
Untitled (Woodlawn, Pawtucket, Rhode Island): photo by Patrick Joust, June 2013
Untitled (Auburn, Cranston, Rhode Island): photo by Patrick Joust, June 2013
Untitled (Walbrook, Baltimore): photo by Patrick Joust, August 2013
Untitled (Walbrook, Baltimore): photo by Patrick Joust, August 2013
Untitled (Northwest, Baltimore): photo by Patrick Joust, August 2013
Untitled (Northwest, Baltimore): photo by Patrick Joust, August 2013
Untitled (Northwest, Baltimore): photo by Patrick Joust, August 2013
Untitled (Northwest, Baltimore): photo by Patrick Joust, August 2013
Untitled (Linden Hills, Frederick, Maryland): photo by Patrick Joust, August 2013
Untitled (Enola, Pennsylvania): photo by Patrick Joust, July 2013
Untitled (York County, Pennsylvania): photo by Patrick Joust, July 2013
Untitled (York County, Pennsylvania): photo by Patrick Joust, July 2013
Untitled (Jackson Lick, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania): photo by Patrick Joust, July 2013
Untitled (Middletown, Pennsylvania): photo by Patrick Joust, August 2013
Untitled (Hope, Providence, Rhode Island): photo by Patrick Joust, June 2013
Untitled (Northwest, Baltimore): photo by Patrick Joust, August 2013