Progress

jwhhobbs22
Jan 10, 2025
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Lacquered paint

Layer upon layer

Brick dust and grey cement powder

Small bumps, for one hundred cramps

Human form shaping stone

Breaking and mixing

Carbon and water

Alloying and refining

Itself

And in so doing

Humanity builds houses

Better bodies

Painting made alone for beauty

As talismans alongside other art

Evident and heavy upon the world.

By J.W.H. Hobbs.

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