Friday, March 24, 2017

still life

it's a painting
of a pear.
an apple.
life like, catching
the light
from
a window.
a bowl of fruit.
I nod.
nice.
perfect. but it would
be more perfect
if there was a fly
in the painting.
if there was
a soft brown
spot on the pear,
if the grapes
were soured
and flat
off the vine.

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