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We Paint Our Caves

Once lit by flickering torch light 
with animal tallow mixed with ocher
daubed on subterranean rock walls
now lit by streetlights or LED headlamp
slashes of spray paint and magic markers 
splattered on concrete bridge abutments,
boxcars, or walls of tenement ghettos,
but the message is the same
we were here.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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November 25, 2020 at 9:09 AM
Haha.. yes... i like how you did this... You see it everywhere, sadly... Even the Incas did it all those centuries ago!
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November 26, 2020 at 2:48 PM
Thanks SO
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November 25, 2020 at 7:28 AM
Oh wow! Really love this! They were the same. We remember them in a small way. Love your imagery and message, D.W.! So glad I read this exquisite write today. A fave!
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