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the resolution of Dorian Gray
a portrait, with its scars, sins, and cavernous despairs
is created for a token, given endless youth
then hidden
a reflection in a mirror
grand history stretching rainbow
make-up written on the face
and in the cellular structure of all beings
is more than false, more than paste, the true jewel
bending with the flow of change
a willow on a flooding river
a blade of grass underfoot
the rise and fall of bodys’ breath
this year’s new vow, a resolution of flexibility
to see through and attend like the knife
that pierced and freed poor Youth’s heart; releasing
its’ crisp and sweet, from the craquelure of varnish
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