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IN ART AS IN LIFE

IN ART AS IN LIFE

There are girls with tattoos
that go to places you cannot see
for clothes, or they without mirrors

There is art stolen by Nazis
that has never been recovered

There are more
openings than you can attend
more miles
in the Louvre, Prada and Hermitage

Here on the fridge, home from grade 2
notice the use of color and light

SAGRADO FAMILIA

SAGRADO FAMILIA

It took Antoni Gaudi to see
that if a tree can be a cathedral
a cathedral can also be a tree

That it still stands is proof
that the branches from its trunks
can hold the canopy of roof

It is trite and true to say
that Gaudi built poetry

and I’d love to build a poem
where one could come and sit

as softly on a hardwood pew
in a place so radiant lit

ALWAYS FOR THE FIRST TIME

ALWAYS FOR THE FIRST TIME
for Andre Breton

Mary Oliver has written another great poem,

That is to be expected you say
she is a great poet after all

It’s only Houdini
getting out of his chains again
no big deal, he is Houdini isn’t he

Oh no my friends

Notwithstanding there might be
a little less effort each time
a little less pain and pushing
at the beginning and the end
a miracle is still a miracle
no matter how often it happens

Take birth for instance