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Whit Howland
Are you really seeing what you think you are seeing? The illusion of profundity. All Rights Reserved
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8h
Summer Wedding
Sun and heat beyond
simile
and metaphor
open bar
and the Groom and Mom's dance
caused tears to mix with
flowing Spirits
soon
night will fall
and with just two steps to August
Cicadas
will be here
An abstract word painting.
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Whit Howland
7d
Woodpecker
Morse Code
or no code at all
life is noise
and no one tells you
what and what not to listen to
right now the sun's rays
are piercing
the gray fluff of a former
Nimbus cloud
A word painting with a straight forward message.
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Whit Howland
Jun 8
Wee
A flickering street lamp
Fedora and a black thin tie
that's all I get in my
dreams
an occasional shot glass
filled with perfect cubes
and a splash of something
dark to drink
maybe
For Frank
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Whit Howland
Jun 8
Sleep Music
You are far away
but I hear you mostly
at night
your voice tempering
the howling wind the
raging storm
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Jun 7
Whit Howland
Jimmy silker
Ruined in Manhattan.
King Kong
Went wrong
When they brought a blonde along
He only wanted to be loved
It could only end one way.
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Whit Howland
Jun 7
Raining In Chicago
Or somewhere
it's raining hard and it hurts
they tell you time and time again
but nobody ever does
nobody
saves
An abstract word painting
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Whit Howland
Jun 6
A Morning Walk
Wheels spin
as other parts move
gears grind
so many things
being
mixed
in a blender
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