Tristan Robert Lange

you know what to paint it

the canvas

blank—

gesso gestation—

awaiting the birth

of first color.

i swipe.

the stroke streaks black.

black?

i swoosh down,

brush stroke success—

but for the

black.

i swish and swash,

swipe and swoop

with every color I can scoop—

an event on the horizon—

blistering and burnt

bubbling within—

the festering foundation

swallows us all in

black.

First published on tristanrobertlange.com, November 12, 2025.

Tittu