Doug,
I admire the way your opening two lines evoke both human and feline specimens for me. Though I can't bring to consciousness at this moment purely disembodied artistic representations of the snide smile, I would like to point to those smiling cats often represented on elevated surfaces in Paris as documented by the major filmmaker Chris Marker in his CASE OF THE GRINNING CAT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aIE3O-3RKg
If that intrigues you, Marker's whole film has been made available (in 6 sections) starting with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tS8i4aHh_Q&feature=related
Barry
On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 09:19:19 -0700, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>that fat cat's snide smile
>hangs in the crystalline air
>sky dark & clear
>cold as the grin's intent
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