POT
he so
lovingly
skilfully
painted
a picture
of a pot
an Attic
amphora
5th century
B.C.
and then
for realism
a masters
touch
he painted
a hairline
crack
across it
but then
suddenly
sadly
the pot
shattered
into a
myriad
of shards
and he
gave up
painting.
Patrick mcmanus
Raynes park uk
n602
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