Chair with Peaches (Matisse, 1919)

the straw seat of the chair was near the altar
when i approached with my new idea.

i placed three peaches
on their white plate atop the French chair sitting
near the patterned wallpaper inside the blue space.

but the angle of the chair was unfamiliar to me
and my point of view.

moving forward, i held one peach
and took a single bite.

and as far as the chairs were concerned,
i had made a choice.

we were forever changed.