Art Restoration
Hands in white gloves
whisper like silk in motion.
Wrists cocked like pianists’,
they pull dark notes
from the sheet music.
Ladies from Madrid and Colombia,
like dancers unwilling
to release their partners,
take pictures of the past
and warm them in their palms
to revive the pulse of colour.
Hands move discreetly
without fanfare.
Constellations of age spots
pale in a wide silk
of transparency.
A new sun throbs
with birdsong,
spring stems bloom
in bridal bouquets
and the white gloves
can spread as fans.
