Gregg & Sisson – November 2025

Matthew Sisson and Maximillian Gregg traded art and words. Maximillian shared this untitled image with Matthew:

In response, Matthew wrote this poem:

A Vision

I, Ezekial, walking along the river
Chebar had a vision. The heavens 
opened, and I beheld a living creature, 
usings its bloody hand, to rip open, 
and free itself from a red cocoon. 

Its body was the shape of a star fish, 
with eleven arms, covered with red, 
blue, green, and yellow eyes- In them
I saw only god’s absence and my 
forsakenness. I could not break their stare. 

The arms whipped about, making a 
sound like a lion’s roar. On each
were rows of iron teeth. Ribs of red, 
green, and blue, pierced the skin, 
forming a valley of dried bones. 
My nostrils filled with the stench 
of fish heads rotting on a stone jetty. 

I saw too, the nose, with horns like 
a rhinoceros. The terrible mouth, 
fanged, and gaping, uttering judgement
without mercy. 

Who am I to have such visions?
Why have I been called to prophecy?
How am I to lead?

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Matthew shared this poem with Maximillian:

Heirloom Tomato

The roots have done their work.
Flowers have blossomed – branches
now list under the weight of fruit. 
Red, yes, but yellow too, orange 
veins radiating from the stem end. 
To eat one, salty with minerals 
drawn from the earth, is a sacrament. 
A wafer on the tongue, pagan communion.

In response, Maximillian created this image, titled “Farmer’s Indulgence”: