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charcoal on toned paper

4"x5"

how the corpse is dressed,

in taffeta or cold lace,

in silk, cotton or gauze,

says little about life

but, shown in light, blue-tinged, under porcelain sheen,

it falls into the place where driftwood is removed from beach by sea

where longing and regret cast sharp shadows

where lonliness is a wailing sound rippling a pond

where loss derives from being

here it resides by you, alone and full

in your book of remembrance

In a Word- obumbrate

In a Book- The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea Philip Hoare

In a Song- Beat the Devil's Tattoo Black Rebel Motorcycle Club