pixotic

sometimes they smile
and I see chains
ready to encircle me
invitations to inconceivability
consequences well defined
not incongruous or illegitimate
but equally uninteresting
bothersome as punctuation
in spelled out matters
v-e-l-o-u-r-i-a

Poem: "pixotic" Robert Lescatre
Painting: "San Francisco" James Gagnon