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What can I say? Ekphrasis
After the Presocratics
Rarely worked except
When stealing a peek or two
At the original work.
Gone are the pyrotechnics
Describing the mythical

Weapons and wonders. The world
Has to contain the paintings
Description seeks to beggar.
I could create a picture
Of what never was only
By including everything.
Exactly. What never was.