Nueve de Copas / IX of Cups
Marissa Arterberry
Watercolor and ink on paper
4.5 x 7.5 inches
$200
Intoxicated God
Fill the copas with the wine of Shiraz.
Raise your copas
For the weary God, deep-rooted and ancient.
Sprinkle water from the springs
On the God who sleeps for centuries
Ignoring this World in rage.
We want an intoxicated God
Happy and elated
Lord of Hope
With a commandment of bliss.
Dance.
Toe-to-toe
Dandelions are dancing.
News of the news came
Good news
That the sun is shining bright
That intoxicated God
Stopped commanding war and carnage
Stopped ordering crime and famine
Will stop commanding
Volcanoes and tsunamis.
Intoxicated God
Laughs
Dances
And fills human copas
With eternal wine.
I kiss you, copas of wine.
I caress you, intoxicated God!