It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Sunday, January 8, 2023

The Black Family Of Whitestone ... Page 6

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Uncompromised by  the absence
of their offspring, 
this image is
exclusively
"Ma + Pa Oliverio"

 
In the 
GodFather of Math Trilogy,
there have been
no shortage of images 
of my parents.
 
In each photograph,
Grace and Sam
are stunningly beautiful
and I can [and do]
stare at those images 
with rapture.
 
But in this image,
their photogenic beauty
is severely lacking.
 
Both parents have noses
wider than Wisconsin.
 
However,
I will spend no less time
fixating on their faces
Especially because of
the trace of color
above my father's head  ________________________________________________________________________________________________
 

2 comments:

  1. On the previous page, you acknowledge that your sister
    sent you this photograph: will she be sending you
    more pictures of "the Black Family of Whitestone?"

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    1. I hope so:
      my understanding is that she has AT LEAST
      three more of the entire quintet.

      I never saw this image until yesterday

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