Art in Speedway: Ikat Fence

Long strands of telephone cables, strung between tall poles, 

cast shadows on the privacy fences.

Surrounding the back yards of residences 

on West 25th Street, the fences are usually very dull,

bland affairs, unpainted and poorly installed.

These sorry panels are, however, acquiring a patina

that reveals the cut lines of the saw blade

that made them,as well as creating a contrast between the

knotholes and the parent tree.

 The patterns reminded me of ikat dyed

fabric, draped in long, wood curtains along

the street.