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These are facts:
In this world, Jude Law exists as a beautiful Englishman.
This is a world where we drink Slurpees, drive late-model
Cars, fill them with non-renewable fuels.
On Tuesday I bought a watch and a peach at Walmart.
There is another blue world. The paint and the artists
Have reversed; Squeezed from small tubes, slowly, with a certain crafts-
Manship, the limnists appear, slight smiles on their faces.
I’ve read, and re-read, this piece, TJ, finding new meanings in the spaces and lines each time. Welcome to TNB!
I gotta say, I like this:
The paint and the artists / Have reversed; Squeezed from small tubes, slowly, with a certain crafts- / Manship, the limnists appear, slight smiles on their faces
Just like Simon, I’ve read this piece several times. I love the matter-of-fact language and the surprise brought by each line in the poem.
This is fantastic! Smart, provocative, and mysterious. I’m still wandering through it….