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A Day in the Life

As always, amazing, Will.

So much there in your poetic words,

like countless shapes in the clouds...

clouds which frame the sun, and those that are inclined to rain.

Poet, philosopher, artist, all know the freedom

and occasional dangers of obfuscation.

They do not fear it.

They paint, and paint,

with brushes and words of many colors and shades,

while the sunbather and the farmer wait

for their share of warmth and rain.

All is not always as it seems.

The crow learns that, at the drive-up

one has to pay his way, to "have it your way" at Burger King.

And still, despite it all,

the farmer's crops and the suntan continue to confound impotent anxiety,

while the crow makes his way beneath the benches

where random crumbs embolden him to claim his own victory.

So passes another day in the life of a poet.

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john-a-alsoszatai-petheo
Dominican
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Jul 31, 2013
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