> white fences to keep fears away,
I stumble over this line - which makes me want to notice it,
could make more of this hidden tension beneath the prettiness?
Terri )O(
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From: "grasshopper" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 4:54 PM
Subject: New Sub: Frontispiece
> Frontispiece
>
> With a stroke of blue, a stroke of green,
> I'll paint an archetypal scene.
> Above, deep sky; below, sweet grass
> where deer and cattle softly pass.
> A brush of brown becomes a oak;
> a squirrel lives with one red stroke.
> I'll build a house with turtle grey,
> white fences to keep fears away,
> and in the garden, rainbow shades
> of flowers, shrubs and singing glades,
> with blossoms, butterflies and birds
> more beautiful than any words;
> this is my page, this is my art,
> this the unlocking of my heart.
>
> grasshopper
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