Rudimentary Masterpiece

RUDIMENTARY MASTERPIECE 

a curt four year old grimacing at scrawl
comments, “that’s ugly. what is it?”

i teach the sicklier of two twins to reply
with the truth, “i’m not finished, yet!”

the impressive duo of longsuffering —
a pair of candlesticks in God’s presence.

remember the next time someone interrupts
your opus ink, your rudimentary masterpiece,

drip some wax, seal your verse with a kiss,
find your virtue in the sedimentary apropos

of glacier ice, where splendid hexagonal crystals,
like dendrites morph into a blue-butterfly Frost.*

4/2/2018

*Robert Frost wrote a lovely poem called “Blue-Butterfly Day”

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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Date: 4/2/2018 11:06:00 PM
I was going to attempt something along this same lines, a young mother, trying to finish something, constantly being interrupted, and I was planning to do it tonight. Thanks for doing it for us, Kim. Nicely built, and I can admire from here, in my cozy corner of sit still.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/3/2018 6:18:00 AM
And Kim, I consider us besties.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/2/2018 11:08:00 PM
I think you and I would be friends...thanks, Caren!
Date: 4/2/2018 6:47:00 PM
Wow, this was really cool and so well done Kim. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/2/2018 7:04:00 PM
Thanks so much, my dear friend! I appreciate your comment!
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