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Rated: ASR · Poetry · Arts · #471344
The artist makes us see in ways we could not by ourselves
The Moon is Not Meant
After a series of paintings on exhibit

The moon is not meant to be yellow only.
         Infused upon night sky of red or green,
The stars are dropping from their tracks into three
         Or more settings of color, wanting to be seen.

But only the moon is pictured here (a slip
         Of events), yet she has her colors worth singing,
Songs more deadly than siren-songs toward the ship
         Of Ulysses, more potent than his being.
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