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like a bird

 

i've been told

that more is wanted

 

something of substance

a color maybe

 

something with shape

texture

 

lights and darks

something

 

a man may hold

up to a mirror

 

as he combs his hair

 

SO

 

that is what i give

a sort of painting

 

or drawing

that a man may recognize

 

and yet be

intrigued by the mystery of

 

something he can't quite

put his finger on

 

though the lines

and shapes are there

 

A thing folds into another thing

maybe

 

"But what is it?" he says.

"How come I don't know?"

 

he looks and he studies

he forgets the mirror

 

he fails to see

his hair falling about his eyes

 

for the first time

 

He takes the picture in both hands,

he holds it just right

 

He doesn't collapse into the image

 

DOES HE?
 

he shakes himself

he looks away from the mirror

 

forgetting that it's there

he will miss the bus today

 

his mind will see

he will walk down the road

 

almost conscious of things

that is, almost conscious of things the way they really are

 

And he will smile

to himself

 

He will have no idea what is meant by the word More

He will only know

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to be

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He will only imagine

like a bird