from Sarah Manguso's Siste Viator published in 2006 by Four Way Books.
Jupiter Has Sixty-One Moons
There's no difference between writing down what you hear and
writing down what you wish you heard.
On Jupiter there are sixty-one colors, one for each moon. Painting
students make moon-studies in their first color lessons.
It's hard to see in the dark, as it is for hours each day. Painters are
taught to paint blindfolded. Talented colorists show themselves
during this exercise.
When they do, they are taken away, as they suffer from a disease
that only light can cure.