Still-Life

I want to exile 
from this still-life (though it is 
still life) but I found 

so hard even my 
own motion within those stiff,
immobile patterns

of living... How knows?
Maybe there is no rise and 
fall, but the gaudy

illusion; the cold,
inevitable stasis 
of dried paint spots on a wall.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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November 9, 2016 at 2:15 PM
A deeply meaningful poem. Wonderful read.
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