Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Portrait Of An Artist As An Old Man ... Mr. Catch-22

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Like a character conceived
in one of his novels,
he would sooner starve
than cook another meal
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He could weave
the most elaborate falsehoods
with the most trustworthy of faces
for as long as his listeners
remained credulous
 ***

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1 comment:

  1. Welcome to Quotacious Tuesday.

    It may be the only one of its kind and it happened somewhat
    by accident when I walked into my garage/recording studio
    with my dulcimer and a loose-leaf binder of 80 "book reports"
    with 40 sleeve protectors.

    Me thought: Why do my own thinking today when I can
    quote some grandmasters of the English language?


    Me also thought what a shame that no one could hear
    some pretty groovy dulcimer music that went unrecorded
    while the iPhone was being charged upstairs

    -Oliverio

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