If I am repaired, can we meet again for the first time, in all of the places I have feared to go, and then, again, in all of the places I will have forgotten, if I am repaired?




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Here is the desk drawer in which all of my odds and ends are kept, tidbits that would otherwise never see the light of day.











Friday, April 1, 2011

Magpie Tales 59, 'The Backdrop Painter'

Magpie Tales 59

My name won’t ring any bells.

There’s no face to it.

In a crowd of heavies
only the keenest minglers
note my signature spears of juniper,
my wilting inlets,
draping the sallow masonry
that would otherwise grace porcelain shoulders.

I suppose I could brag.
Frankly,
where would they be without me?
The Plains? Another blazing sunrise?

I prefer though, to remain the bright glade in passing,
turning the occasional head,
whose accolades never loose their savor,
fading in mass, until unnoticed
like valleys, bridged behind a masterpiece.

9 comments:

  1. Having seen this work of art in person and duplicated hundreds of times .. I was struck by the background this time around ... I love what you composed.

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  2. Excellent. I like your spotlight on the under-appreciated backdrop artist.

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  3. A background story often goes unnoticed - bit like Ada and Cad's! LOL

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  4. Spears of juniper!! Lovely.

    Alright, I put the elephant back up just for you :)

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