The Best Parts Only
Gabriella Day
Boardroom Committeeroom
Gabriella Day, ‘Untitled (Studio #3)’, 2023
Gabriella Day, ‘How Long Can I Be an Artist for?’, 2023
Gabriella Day, ‘Butterfly Hinge’, 2024
The Best Parts Only
Gabriella Day
22/06—17/07/2024
Open Sunday 12–5pm + by appointment.
One chip in the wall will soak up all the paint
I hold the porcelain of
What-ifs in a hand
Too big to
Fit the moment
I want only the best
Parts of
The story
Peter the Rabbit poised to take over the company there are assets sir that must be drunk solemnly I don’t care about them, so glad I happened to come in this moment cleansed of intent holding all the Legos in the world knowing there are more there are some between my toes sir sir I have retrieved the legos but I don’t need them anymore
Snowball of objects
Thrown
Against the wall
I have
Favorite words for each
Of my poems
For this one it’s
“the” the rest
Of it is table wide matter speaking picture
For all I care
I
Killed three poems to
Write this
One and that
Is a marvellous
Thing like inhaling
From a breathalyser
Ripping apart
The notebook
So as to
Make it
Exact in
The stupid
Way it was
Always
Meant to
Be an invitation
To think but
I am a sad
Useless basketball
I use natural
Light as
A backdrop or
Whatever he said
Before
Crossing it out
How many times
Must I write words that
I can no
Longer read after
Carsies Mr.Darcy?
Carsick pansy
Come in
I’ve just cut open
The painting
It will be ready
In four to
Five hours
– Leo Bussi
Photo Credit: Malcolm Cochrane