Said The Canvas Beneath The Paint by Sam Flot

Said The Canvas Beneath The Paint

Breaking down the easy spirits

Above ground alone to my senses

Peripheral dense in the depths of the present tense

Grinding the halt to a stop

Entirely

Dominating the prophetic illusions come true

Like tributaries form the big rivers

Like teardrops in a bucket

Like one bird amongst all the birds flying over this earth

Said the canvas beneath the paint

To the bear in the pot belly pot

While calling the kettle a slacker

From the worn leather couch

Across the shag carpeted floor

While grinning like a canvas in his blank youth

Unflappably flying

Any flag that the flock floats

8.16.2014

CFR

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