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Twelve Sunflowers in a Vase

twelve of us he choose to paint sons of Jacob in an earthen jar so sturdy plonked us with vehemence directed by neuronal cells skull protecting scrambled delicacy managed by eyes emitting fire spark piercings fingers reading poverty boats ruin blossoms rebellion against Self or self both resisting his own yellow hoped breath choosing shades of Sun Earth pictorial for future time seeing death as life momentary figurines clutching judging as we are to be interpreted sitting on table where we urinate in twelve streams filling an ocean within earthen walls s Hore cupped observing w a i t i n g complete twelve zodiac signs t w e l v e months in y e a r S of aloneness EcsTacy suffering feverishly mirroring he held truth to tell those licking label ‘INSANE’ - an ear not a necessity to hear music of spheres an entire palette irrelevant Love lives in ONE stroke or one brush a single vulnerable Heart like his women we stand erect or bending captured plucked yet f r EE diseased yet ripe for devouring ~ this for him imprisonment or e S c A p E unknowingly illustrious last sips of yellowed life from cradling container colour bright into L ighT proceeding mellow sad wilting strong all at once each on solitary journey towards GRAVE communal joyfully having drunk from one two toned signatured ampulla a lacy ‘V’ announcing falling of masculinity and femininity into an undying point of exquisite EXTREMES tenderly strong touching despairing depths life surrendering to death embraced stating we live for eternity through two lenses clearer than crystal dew from which we gReW ran m i l e s from his irretrievable sanity locked him barred was a genius true as we now take our leave with few leaves signalling his enlightenment beyond time born within grids breeding chaos to come then depart elliptical petal loops veined Hearts pure untouchable we stand for Vincent’s Truth as insight preparation a struggle to individuate we present ourselves to you separate singing singular SONGS sadly seraphic yet in unison simultaneously skewed and balanced some sunray petals like claws a last clutch at LiFE futile requests for another chance fighting giving colour UrGenT stable we hold one another son with father mother and daughter like him as you we m o V e from liquid onto squ are matrixed bearing seed to germinate futuristically promised again when bi-polar will be emBraced as alignment in galleries you stand sTaRe manufacturing words like ekphrasis

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Date: 6/7/2025 3:13:00 AM
Sublime imageries. Comely to read. Congrats.
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Ghairo Daniels
Date: 6/7/2025 3:17:00 AM
ThkU, Sir. To U too. Blessings.
Date: 6/5/2025 11:57:00 AM
Hi Poets/Poétesses If you perhaps land here, I couldn’t manage 2 put link 2 Twelve Sunflowers here, but it is easy to find under Van Gogh Museum, if you need to refresh your memory. ThkU for read.
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