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Still Life Painter

from Fact From Fiction by Darryl Gregory

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An empty street
Every morning I walk through the blue
The you appear
And the light is cast in a different place
Spun with colors
I watch you move through my life
Day after day
Until I've memorized your face

In line at a coffee shop
I catch a view
With the eye of a still life painter
I capture you
Casually I frame it all
And hang it someplace new
With the eye of a still life painter
I capture you

A pencil sketch
Done quickly as you walk on by
At another time
I'll draw myself into the scene
I lean in close
To study the nature of my lines
A borrowed smile
But nothing more so it seems

In line at the grocery
I catch a view
With the eye of a still life painter
I capture you
Casually I frame it all
And hang it someplace new
With the eye of a still life painter
I capture you

A careful brush
Adds only the details I need
To finish the scene
Like Paul Cézanne
I render the object at hand
Resisting an urge
To pierce this dream

Waiting for the light to turn
I catch a view
With the eye of a still life painter
I capture you
Casually I frame it all
And hang it someplace new
With the eye of a still life painter
I capture you
With the eye of a still life painter
I capture you

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from Fact From Fiction, released July 2, 2018
Larry Deming - Fiddle

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Take a little Mellencamp, throw in some Cash, stir with a dash of Hiatt and flavor with Springsteen & Earle. Sounds Like Darryl Gregory. Heat-n-Eat! mmm good.

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