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Ed Baker, US
 

 

 

 

Manipulating Goddess

the painting is
what
the paint does

to know
gives into the
it is not so

easy to let go
of the so of it's
pre disposition

that is any
other
test nor meant to

be careful w proposition
s to use anything throw
any phrase remembered

thing is not the color do
ing the dropping of
nor any away demands her

good
nor
bad

but what is done did I say
or mean or do what besides
more is than that a lot of things?

That I thought
that I thought
that I thought

that I was do
ing what was never
done was never said

adequately or done through
voodoo system other wise
religion insists on tech

nique defined and sign my
name useless use
less paint and useless

(use less
what
is

left
is
ancient /

next
step

given

 

12/28/2007

 

 

 

 

Read Additional Poems by Ed Baker

The First Stone Girl

The Nuances

Two Visual Haiku

Ed Baker, US and Fay Chinloading a brush

 

 

 

 

 

 



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