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Music 2

1/31/2020

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Picture
*Willem de Kooning* Woman Singing
The
Lyrics
Of
Our
Heroes
Still
Chart
Their
Woes
In
Today’s
Light
Blasted
Shows.
Written
In
The
Glow
Of
Youth,
They
Smacked
Of
Universal
Truth,
Or
So
We
Reasoned
In
That
Sunny
Season.
But
Now,
The
Troubadours
Have
Aged,
Reading
From
The
Same
Page,
And
It
Seems
Somehow
Sad
And
Wrong,
To
Have
Gone
On
Singing
The
Same
Old
Song.


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Johanna

1/29/2020

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Picture
Today,
I had
To
Throw
Away
A
Wicker
Tray
Given
Me
Long
Ago,
By
A
Dear
Friend
I no
Longer
Know.
Dried
Out
By
Desert
Air,
It
Shattered,
Throwing
Fragments
Everywhere.
The
Lady
Is
In
Italy,
The
Last
I heard,
Then
No
Further
Word.
I miss
Her,
And
Despite
This
Loss
I can’t
Replace,
I still
Recall
The
Kindness,
And
Her
Lovely
Face.
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Music

1/27/2020

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Picture
Jeez,
The
Current
Music
Is
A
Dearth,
A
Humdrum
Assault
To
My
Eardrums.
Rap
Has
Taken
A
Savage
Toll
On
Sacred
Rock
And
Roll.
No
More
Five
Part
Harmony
From
The
Eagles,
But
An
Army
Of
Flashy,
Dancing
Gals
Who
Bay
Like
Beagles.
I’ve
Drifted
Far
Away
From
Strobing
Glare
And
Empty
Lyrics
That
Go
Nowhere.
These
Days,
For
My
Part,
Bach
And
Mozart
Reach
The
Heights
Of
Art,
And
Never
Fail
To
Touch
My
Heart.

 

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For Nancy

1/25/2020

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Picture
*Sunset* Acrylic On Arches Rough Cotton
Here’s
A
Painting
For
A
Friend,
Trying
To
Catch
The
End
Of
This
Desert
Day,
The
Sun
In
Messy
Play,
Throwing
Beams
Every
Which
Way,
Sinking
Into
Rock
And
Sand
Behind
A
Stand
Of
Vibrant
Winter
Blooms,
Flooding
Light
Into
My
Rooms.


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Edited

1/23/2020

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Picture
Ten
Thousand
Words
To
Cut,
To
Keep
My
Latest
Effort
From
The
Rut
Of
A
Sagging
Conflict
Arc,
Preventing
The
Work
From
Attaining
That
Vital
Spark.
In
A
Rush
My
Soul
Was
Crushed,
But
Not
To
Play
The
Victim
Is
My
Dictum.
Delete
And
Rewrite
To
Make
It
Good
As
It
Can
Be,
This
Poor
Tale
Of
Yore
Written
By
Me.

 
 
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Taking Account

1/21/2020

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Picture
*Saul Steinberg*
I despair
Of
My
Hair,
Part
Of
Which
Has
Gone
Some
Where.
 I lose
Two
Pounds
And
Gain
It
Back,
I’m
Clearly
Sliding
Off
The
Track,
My
Wheels
Are
Busted,
My
Chassis
Rusted,
I’m
Getting
Older
Every
Day,
But
Hey!
What
Can
I say?
It’s
Still
Me,
Wild
And
Free,
Totally
Charming
In
Every
Way.


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Blast Radius

1/19/2020

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Picture
*LiarLiar 5* Walter Gabrielson
It
Was
Only
A
Little
Lie,
But
By
And
By,
It
Grew
And
Finally
Blew
Into
A
Cloud
Of
Shame
Attached
To
His
Name.
He
Knew,
But
Hid
It,
To
Save
Face
Said
He
Never
Did
It,
But
When
The
Bomb
Fell,
It
Erased
His
Place
In
The
World
Like
Debris
Hurled,
Sending
Him
To
A
Silent
Hell,
Which
Suited
Us
Very
Well.


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Dark Friday

1/17/2020

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Picture
Pewter
Clouds
Hang
Low,
The
Mountain
Quilted
With
Snow,
The
Bare
Trees
Blow.
Winter
Claims
The
Day,
Until
The
Gloom
Is
Done
And
Melts
Away
In
The
Desert
Sun.
Unless
It’s
Gone…..


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Split

1/15/2020

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Picture
Let
Us
Not
Get
Into
The
Weeds
Of
Past
Misdeeds,
Slights
That
Can’t
Be
Made
Right,
Lies
White
And
Black
And
All
The
Lacks
That
End
Our
Day.
Go
On
Your
Way.
I’ll
Never
Say
It
Wasn’t
Fun,
But
Now
I’m
Done.

 

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Nebulous

1/13/2020

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Picture
*Veil* 36" H X 24" W Acrylic On Canvas
Watercolor
Twilight
Is
Rendered
Thin
Under
The
Ink
Pen
Of
Night,
Hatch
After
Hatch
Obscures
The
The
Light
Until
All
Is
Black
From
The
Lack.
These
Lines
Are
Fugitive
And
Forlorn
Until
The
Morn
Returns
To
Me
In
A
Symphony,
And
Again,
I can
See.


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