tall men dance around
in a golden sunset; bronzed
and silver shrouded
If you visit Vancouver's English Bay, you will be greeted by a set of three meter high bronze statues of a shirtless man laughing. The installation is aptly called A-maz-ing Laughter and was designed by Yue Minjin. The statues have become the city's most cheerful and enduring ambassadors, rain or shine, you'll get more than a smile. They are arranged roughly in a circle. Here, as the sun sets on English Bay, on a golden evening, they appear to dance around. The light is sharp and all became lined with silver. So we get gold, silver, and bronze. I wonder where that metaphor came from.
The Olympics aren't far off. Go Team Canada, Go.
The haiku and the photo are copyright me, Pryde Foltz