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My Poem Jack's Painting and Jill

JACK PAINTED A PICTURE OF A PURPLE WATERING PAIL ON A PLAIN PAINTER’S PANEL AND PLACED IT ON TOP OF A HILL AND PUT MY POEM OF A PLANT DEEP INTO IT I CALLED IT A COLLAGE CORSAGE OR WAS IT A MIRAGE MONTAGE NO MATTER JILL WATERED THE WORK ON THE HILL AND IT GREW UP OFF THE PANEL LIKE A PAPER BEAN STALK INTO A LOVE SONNET TO JILL I CALLED IT A COLLABORATION I CALLED IT MIXED MEDIA I CALLED IT HIGH ART THE FAME WENT TO THEIR HEADS JACK TOOK THE FALL HARD AND JILL JUST TUMBLED DOWN SLOWLY AFTER HIM AND WROTE A BOOK

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