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Titular:
"Nowadays, it means that you
are an empty, non~deserving of
whatever title you take for granted"
A poem,
but if be untitled,
if it be a titular,
what are we to make of it?
the title is the 🔑
but to be untitled
is
an acknowledgment of
defeat
the key to unlocking
the inner-est construct,
from within, or without,
is the title.
without
which
the poem cannot
constructed,
deconstructed,
and then
reconstructed
it is:
the clue
the hint
***** it,
it is the soul insight
that leads the reader's eyes
to the water,
to the enquiring,
the scent of
mmmmm,
that!
is worth investigating,
that fresh baked,
right out of the oven,
you know it when you
smell it, and your tracks,
suddenly stop, turn around,
cease the scrolling,
go back,
get ****** in,
and roost within,
exclaiming,
****, that title,
that came from the right in,
not a glancing blow,
more like a right hook,
Happy-attached to a line and sinker,
and the poem that leaves you forever
thinking,
cannot ever
get enough
of that fresh bread aroma,
and the great brioche
the bravado
of one of those,
{who knew, who knows?}
that the nexus of
the next intriguing title
of the
next poem,
and the next next poem,
is not
an empty
unwashed titular,
of the
un
en~~titled
an yet,
more a tease
to our curiosity's
cat,
to the
as of yet unimagined,
it is in
that invitation,
for your preparation
to be
astounded…and advantaged…
10/05/'025'
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The phrase "he exhibited a great brioche" is a reference to a specific painting by the artist Édouard Manet and his admiration for the work of an earlier master, Jean Siméon Chardin.
The painting: In 1870, Manet painted a major still life featuring a large brioche, now in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The painting is an homage to Chardin, a celebrated 18th-century still-life painter.
The reference: The phrase comes from a story told by Manet's friend, the painter Jacques-Émile Blanche. Manet declared that still life was "the touchstone of the painter" and, when asking Blanche to bring along a brioche for him to paint, said he "exhibited a great brioche".
Chardin's influence: Manet's painting was a clear response to Chardin's famous work, The Brioche, which had recently entered the Louvre in 1869. The two works share several motifs, including the brioche, various fruits, and a diagonal placement of an object to create a trompe-l'oeil effect.
A "touchstone" of painting: Manet's statement about still life being a "touchstone" underscores his view of the genre as a rigorous test of a painter's skill. It reflects his belief that a painter could express their complete artistic vision through inanimate objects.
