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Ars Longa

11/30/2021

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Picture
*Veil* 36" H X 24" W Acrylic On Canvas
The
Last
Day
Of
The
Last
Month
Came
Fast.
Time
To
Raise
A
Shout
Before
Time
Runs
Out,
To
Show
The
Fickle
Gods
Who
Rule
You’re
Not
Just
Another
Fool.
Act
Now,
And
Leave
Your
Mark
On
The
Encroaching
Dark.

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Cycle

11/28/2021

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Picture
Music
Makes
Song,
And
From
There,
It’s
Not
Long
Until
A
Poem
Forms,
And
These
Progressions
Become
Norms,
Habits
That
Scamper
Through
The
Mind
To
Blend
And
Rearrange
Until
Poetry
Changes
Into
Music,
And
Music
Into
Song.

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Death Of A Star

11/26/2021

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Picture
Dying
On
The
Fiftieth
Floor,
He
Ascended
To
The
Clouds
Above
The
East
River,
Ever
Ongoing,
In
Flowing
Shrouds,
Climbing,
Climbing
Higher,
So
Easy
To
See
Broadway
From
These
Great
Heights,
His
Name
Emblazoned
In
Ten
Score
Of
Lights.
Far
From
The
Grave,
He
Waved.
No
More
Crazy
Days,
Gaudy
Nights
And
Tiresome
Matinees,
His
Ticket
Spent,
He
Simply
Went,
Safely
Wrapped
In
A
Gauze
Of
Remembered
Applause.

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Imagination

11/24/2021

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Picture
*Jean-Etienne Liotard* Young Girl Singing
Who
Can
Say
It’s
Wrong
To
Dream
The
World
Away
In
A
Song?
To
Understand
A
Treasured
Book,
Purer
And
More
Just
Than
Anywhere
You
Look?
Lose
The
Desire
To
Warm
The
Heart
Before
Fantasy’s
Fire?
Not
Step
Into
Art
And
Become
A
Part
Of
Another
Life?
I Say
Not
Me,
Not
For
An
Entire
Day
Can
I Step
Away
One
Degree
From
The
Nourishing
Bread
Of
All
I’ve
Read
Or
Seen.
In
My
Soul,
They
Sparkle
And
Shine,
And
Are
Wholly
Mine.

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On Writing

11/22/2021

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Picture
Poetry
Is
Distilled
Emotion
And
Many
Think
That’s
Way
Too
Strong
A
Drink.
I Rely
On
The
Chance
Passerby,
Who
In
An
Idle
Glance,
Takes
In
The
Sweet
Romance
Of
Words
Arranged
To
Touch
The
Sleeping
Heart
And
Make
A
Deeper
Feeling
Start.

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Kintsugi

11/20/2021

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Picture
The Beauty Of The Broken
This
Fragile
Bowl
From
Which
Some
Ancient
Soul
Drank
And
Ate
Met
A
Sad
Fate,
Was
Thought
Too
Old
And
Impure
To
Endure,
But
An
Artist
Bold
Skillfully
Mended
Every
Crack
With
Gold.

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Luminous

11/18/2021

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Picture
A
Chill
Moon,
Winter
White,
Navigates
The
Star
Pocked
Night,
Distant,
Heedless,
Slicing
Down
Through
The
Desert
Town
With
Frosty
Light,
Making
Midnight
Bright.

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OTC

11/16/2021

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Picture
What’s
That,
Baby,
You
Don’t
Feel
Right?
Bilious,
Bloated,
Digestion
Too
Tight?
Is
It
Some
Television
Blight
Mentioned
Endlessly
Every
Night?
A
Little
Pill
Will
Thrill
Your
Belly
And
Another
Will
Solve
Your
Smelly
Whatever,
Migraine
Will
Never
Make
You
Rude,
Brain
Function
Can
Be
Renewed,
Memory
Restored,
Botox
Will
Make
Your
Face
A
Seamless
Board,
Gee.
Watch
TV
And
See
How
Healthy
You
Can
Be.

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Pressure

11/14/2021

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Picture
*DeviantArt*
Ms.
Mary
Lou
Labored
To
Build
A
Plausible
Life
As
Loving
Mother
And
Faithful
Wife,
But
One
Tuesday
Morning
At
The
Local
Drug
Store,
Her
Head
Fell
Off
And
Rolled
On
The
Floor,
All
The
Way
To
The
Automatic
Door.
The
Pharmacist
Rushed
To
Attend
This
Chore
And
With
A
Bottle
Of
Instant
Skin,
Glued
The
Head
Back
On
Again.
Although
It
Was
Slightly
Askew,
It
Was
The
Best
Anyone
Could
Do.
Ms.
Mary
Lou
Went
On
Her
Way,
And
Is
Doing
Okay,
Except
She
Doesn’t
Have
Much
To
Say,
I Fear,
Since
Her
Voice
Now
Comes
Out
Her
Left
Ear.

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11 November

11/11/2021

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Picture
*Hieroglyph*
The
Crows
Have
Returned
From
Wherever
Crows
Go,
Come
To
Map
The
Neighbor
Streets
For
Random
Treats.
Black
As
A
Swamp
Bog,
They
Intimidate
The
Dog
With
Raucous
Caws
Without
Pause,
Then
Flying
On,
They’re
Gone.

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