AT THE CHÂTEAU DE LA MALMAISON TIGERS ROAM
Gracia Haby

A book of single-colour, postcard images now filled with new inhabitants.

At the Château de la Malmaison tigers roam
15.5cm X 22cm seventeen page artists' book.
2009.

Titles of works as they appear.
At the principal entry, all hoped the northern fur seal knew what they were doing.
Passing from one to the other was proving tiresome.
A snow leopard pads about unseen in the vestibule.
Patience was sure to deliver results for the blue-faced parrot finch.
The council were not in attendance and had not been for a great while.
Poised upon tabletop in the library, the red muntjac hoped to remain unseen by the studious.
A drawing room unlike home, he thought. Most unlike home.
Hoping to make no sound in the music room lest it be the wrong sort.
The spotted seal felt most at home in the salle de bains.
Walking a fine line through the empress's bedroom chamber.
The leopard proved a natural where balance was concerned.
Slow and steady does it.
I keep them safe, the pair of them.
Looking for things others may have overlooked.
A Stella's sea lion seeks a little illumination.
They have taken flight already, it seems.

Turn the pages,
This is how it looks to me when I close my eyes.
At the Château de la Malmaison you will find a spotted seal in the salle de bains.
A final tour about the Château de la Malmaison.


Gracia Haby
Walking a fine line through the empress's bedroom chamber
Passing from one to the other was proving tiresome
2009
artists' book