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lines air a concept an apple
lying on its side Chuck Close

tackle-tied weights except cut in half
bitten and food in your mouth
la la la la a philosopher

to scribe a score notes tied
to lines and visuals to fall down
the immense and immaculate ladder

half note quarter note eighth note
the whole world is flat
an illusion an allusion

still song strange
roads ghosts occupied
hardback dials creative uses for tack

sand death in the body registers
receded Chuck Close pushed
out of the way to make sand Chuck Close

what two words hold many
visual neighbors to do with Chuck Close
in and evening around