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Incident

2/27/2024

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Picture
One
Spring,
Crossing
Sixth
Avenue
At
Fifty
Seventh
Street,
A
Tattered
Man
Approached
Me
In
The
Crowded
Space,
And
Shouted
Into
My
Face,
“How
Does
It
Feel
To
Be
God’s
Fool?”
I Stayed
Cool
And
Walked
On,
But
I Remember
His
Angry,
Determined
Pace,
And
That
Time
And
Place,
His
Voice
Ringing
Out
In
A
Harsh
Chime.
I Escaped,
And
Now
I’ve
Put
Him
Safely
Away
In
A
Rhyme.

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Return

2/21/2024

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Picture
*Under The Rainbow Cloud* 52" H X 76" W Oil On Linen
Rainbow
Clouds
Came
Again,
Unfolding
Into
Thin
Streaks
Of
Scattered
Gold
Just
As
I Recalled
When
Standing
Under
Falling
Shards
Of
Broken
Light
That
Graced
My
Sight
As
Joyous,
I Held
On
Tight.

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Sore Loser

2/19/2024

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Picture
Huge
Debts
Giving
You
The
Blues?
Spray
Paint
Some
Tennis
Shoes
Gold,
And
Boldly
Hawk
‘Em
On
The
Sidewalk.
No
Gesture
Is
Too
Low
When
You’re
Out
Of
Dough.
Go
Fund
Yourself
Will
Raise
Some
Cash,
A
Few
Coins
May
Clink,
But
Down
You’ll
Sink,
Hustling
Watery
Cologne
To
Hide
Your
Stink.

 
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Alexei Navalny

2/16/2024

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Picture
Hope
Was
Smothered
In
The
Frozen
Land
Of
Brutal
Snow,
The
Martyr’s
Fate.
No
Ally
Came
In
All
The
Dead
Heart
Of
Russia,
Courage
Long
Crushed,
Fearful,
Treachery
The
Way
To
Live,
To
Survive
And
Stay
Alive,
Liberty
Strangled,
Honor
Mangled
Every
Hour
By
A
Ruthless
Dictator’s
Power.

 
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Snowstorm

2/10/2024

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Picture
*Miss Peabody* Photo by Elizabeth Collins
With
Scant
Warning,
Snow
Has
Swallowed
Up
The
Morning,
Blurring
Edges,
Making
Lacework
In
The
Hedges.
All
Foxy
February
And
Her
Tricks,
Lulling
With
A
String
Of
Spring
Like
Days,
Then
Boom,
Covering
The
Desert
Town
In
Frosty
Gloom.

 
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On Writing

2/5/2024

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Picture
*Picasso* Portrait Of A Woman
Waiting
For
The
Words
To
Fall
Into
Place,
Echoing
Work
Already
Made,
Or
Striking
The
Anvil
Until
It
Sparks
All
The
Fires
Of
My
Desire
Anew,
As
A
Precious
Scrap
Of
Inspiration
Can
Do,
If
Made
To
Ring
True.

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