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Them

7/31/2019

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Picture
*Stone* 30" H X 24" W Acrylic On Canvas
What
A
State
We’ve
Gotten
In,
Prejudices
Worn
Like
Skin,
Compromises
Fitted
In,
Not
A
Crevice
To
Begin
To
Pry
Out
Hate,
That
Without
Doubt,
Will
Negate
Any
Chance
For
Those
Shut
Out
To
Find
A
Space
To
Live,
Here
Or
Anyplace.


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Intention

7/29/2019

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Picture
*Willem de Kooning* Woman Singing
A
Life
Of
Study
Was
My
Wish,
But
That
Burned
Up
In
A
Petry
Dish
So
Long
Ago
I’ll
Never
Know
If
I went
The
Way
I was
Supposed
To
Go.
I danced
While
Others
Toiled,
My
Life’s
Romance
Was
Never
Soiled
With
Trade,
Surrounded
By
The
Things
I made.
Useful
Work,
Or
Reckless
Play?
I cannot
Say,
But
All
Those
Others
Have
Passed
Away.

 

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July 29th, 2019

7/29/2019

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Idol

7/27/2019

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Picture
*Woman In Wood* 40" H X 30" W Acrylic On Canvas
Graven
Woman,
Female
Gender,
Combination
Tough
And
Tender,
Layered
Nose
To
Knees
To
Toes
With
Poetry
And
Lofty
Prose.
Thwarted,
Hemmed
In,
Molded
To
The
Given
Means
And
End,
Here
She
Stands
Upon
Her
Shelf,
Holding
Fast
Onto
Her
Self.


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Discerned

7/25/2019

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Picture
Allow
Me
To
Say,
In
A
Canine
Way,
That
People
Get
Crazier
Every
Day.
My
Master
For
One,
Carries
A
Gun
And
Is
So
Full
Of
Fear,
He
Exists
On
Light
Beer.
Villains
Approach
In
A
Horrible
Mob,
Coming,
He
Thinks,
To
Steal
His
Job,
So
The
Poor
Slob
Drinks.
Myself,
I leave
It
All
Alone,
Content
With
An
Occasional
Bone,
And
I’m
Not
Alone.
Other
Breeds
Serve
Human
Needs,
Teaching
Them
Love
And
Joy,
Yet
All
They
Want
Is
To
Forget,
And
Throw
The
Latest
Squeaky
Toy.


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Citizens

7/23/2019

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Picture
*Digital Art*
Too
Many
People,
The
Pundits
Say,
Voters
Want
Migrants
To
Go
Away.
They
Must
Not
Stay
To
Rob
Us
Of
Our
Way
Of
Life
With
Endless
Demands
Fomenting
Strife.
They
Bring
No
Skill
And
Will
Steal
Our
Space,
Go
Some
Other
Place,
They
Wail,
Or
Sit
In
Jail,
Go
Home
And
Wait
To
Die.
All
This
From
Leaders
(That’s
Their
Job)
And
The
Angry
Mob
Who
Have
No
Tears,
And
It
All
Goes
On
For
Years.
Some
Raise
A
Righteous
Shout,
But
For
Now,
There
Seems
No
Way
Out.


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Saga

7/21/2019

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Picture
Miss
Adelaide
McFee,
As
Nice
A
Lady
As
Could
Be,
Took
It
Into
Her
Pretty
Head
That
She
Wanted
Her
Feline
Neighbor
Dead.
Adelaide
Nurtured
A
Champion
Rose,
And
One
Can
Imagine
Her
Distress
To
Discover
Beneath
It
A
Hideous
Mess
Of
Enormous
Turds
Beyond
Description
In
Civilized
Words,
The
Scat
Of
Mr.
Murchison’s
Horrible
Cat.
This
Gigantic
Orange
Tabby,
Two
Feet
High,
Lean
And
Shabby,
Sunned
Itself
On
Murchison’s
Lawn,
Licking
It’s
Paws
With
A
Satisfied
Yawn.
Adelaide
Wanted
It
Permanently
Gone.
At
The
Hardware
Store,
Her
Emotions
Fraught,
She
Bought
A
Mix
Designed
To
Fix
Rats,
But
Would
Do
Just
Fine
To
Eliminate
Cats.
She
Hurried
Home
And
Found
To
Her
Shock,
The
Cops
Were
Swarming
Over
The
Block.
Murchison,
A
Convicted
Thief,
Was
Taken
Away,
Shouting
His
Grief.
In
Less
Than
An
Hour,
Animal
Control
Captured
The
Cat,
Saving
The
Glory
Of
Adelaide’s
Flower,
End
Of
Story.

 

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Legend

7/19/2019

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Picture
*Orpheus* New York City Ballet
Beguiling
Orpheus
Bid
The
Sun
Rise
With
His
Song,
But
Every
Single
Thing
Went
Wrong.
His
Beloved
Wife,
Eurydice,
Lost
Her
Life
Above
The
Void,
And
Fell
Straight
Down
To
Hell.
Our
Hero,
Much
Annoyed,
Played
His
Lyre
Like
Mad,
And
Rendered
Even
The
Devil
Sad.
Setting
Eurydice
Free,
Hades
Imposed
One
Vital
Fee.
Orpheus
Must
Look
Back
Or
Lose
Her
On
Their
Fateful
Track,
But
Anxious
Orpheus
Could
Not
Wait,
Glanced
Back
And
Sealed
His
Lover’s
Fate.
Zeus
Lightning
Took
Orpheus,
Too,
But
Music
Can
Never
Truly
Be
Dead,
So
The
Muses
Saved
His
Glorious
Head.

 

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Cloudy

7/17/2019

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Picture
*Landscape* 20" H X 24" W Oil On Linen
Gray
Summer
Wednesday, 
The
Sun
Tucked
Away
Behind
A
Gauze,
To
Pause
The
Heat
And
Allow
A
Brief
Retreat
Into
April
Or
Perhaps
Early
May,
Only
For
This
One
Day.


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Grace

7/15/2019

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Picture
*Evelyn de Morgan* Flora
The
Colors
Of
Your
Shadow
Range
From
Rose
To
A
Delicate
Hue
Of
Blue.
When
You
Walk,
Rainbows
Follow
Where
You
Go,
And
Your
Step
Bids
Flowers
Grow
To
Bless
The
Land
Where
You
Stand.
Gentle
Spirit,
You
Are
Too
Good
To
Scold
The
World
As
You
Should
For
Hourly
Betrayals
Of
The
Faith
And
Promise
We
All
Bear,
But
Humans
Do
Not
Stop
To
Care
Or
Share
Your
Generous
Way
To
Be,
And
Struggle
On,
Blind,
Deaf,
And
Bereft.
Certain
War
And
Strife
Constitute
Life,
They
Cannot
Hear
Your
Quiet
Song,
Never
Knowing
They
Are
Entirely
Wrong.


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